" The Near West Theatre presentation...in some respects surpassed the Big Apple production with raw energy and enthusiasm ...(NWT has) taught these young adults some very exciting things about theater, creativity, and expressing what's deep inside, and some very valuable lessons about life."

Scene Magazine

West Side Story
Based on a Conception of Jerome Robbins
Book by Arthur Laurents
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Entire Original Production Directed and Choreographed by Jerome Robbins
Originally Produced on Broadway by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince by Arrangement with Roger L. Stevens

July 18, 19, 24, 25, 26
August 1, 2 & 3, 2008

Curtain time: Thursday, Friday and Saturday @ 7:30pm
Sunday @ 3:00pm

“We’ll find a new way of living.
We’ll find a way of forgiving…
Somehow, someday, somewhere.”

Hot moves.  Cool tunes.  Homeboys and immigrants fighting for life, love and the pursuit of happiness.  Fueled by theater geniuses Bernstein, Sondheim, Robbins and Laurents, the world’s greatest love story takes to the streets in this landmark 1957 ground-breaking  musical theater classic.   Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet” spills into modern day New York City, as two young idealistic lovers find themselves caught between warring street gangs, the “American” Jets and the Puerto Rican Sharks. Their struggle to survive in a world of hate, violence and prejudice makes this show still one of the most innovative, heart-wrenching and relevant musical dramas of our time.

Songs include “Tonight”, “America”, “I Feel Pretty” and “Somewhere”.

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