Monday, February 17, 2020
Behind the scenes at West Wide Story on Broadway
60 Minutes - CBS News: When the musical "West Side Story" opened on Broadway in 1957, it caused a sensation with the innovative fusion of dance, music and theater - a reimagining of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." Tony and Maria are the star-crossed lovers. Rival New York City street gangs, the Jets and the Sharks take the roles of the Montagues and the Capulets. In four days, a new team of creative artists will open the most radical revisioning of the iconic musical ever to hit Broadway.
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Re-inventing a show millions of people know well is a huge challenge. The article clearly highlighted the bumpy road the creative team has been on to get to this point. One particular challenge that is only minorly mentioned in this article is the debacle about the dance from the NYC Ballet that was previously fired for spreading inappropriate photos of female dancers. There has been a request from many members of the public that the dancer is replaced. Anyone on the management staff of this theatre would likely be conflicted. The dancer represents a financial investment. Training a replacement would be timely and costly. But at the same time, the dance represents a risk to cast member’s safety. If a similar event occurred within the cast of West Side Story, the management staff would be to blame as well as the individual dancer. I think this poses the question of how bad management sees different types of sexual harassment. (which is a terrible question to have to ask). If this were a “more severe” case of sexual harassment they would be more compelled to fire the dancer. But what defines “more severe” what level of harassment do women have to go through in order for people to see it as “severe enough” not to put other actors and dancers at risk?
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