West Side Story (1980)

Music by Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by Jerome Robbins
Cast: Debbie Allen, Jossie de Guzman, Ken Marshall, Ray Contreras, Arch Johnson, James J. Mellon, Héctor Jaime Mercado, Sammy Smith

Two rival teenage gangs, the Jets (white Americans) and the Sharks (Puerto Ricans), struggle for control of the San Juan Hill neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan (Prologue). Police officers Krupke and Lt. Schrank warn them to stop fighting on their beat. The police chase the Sharks off, and then the Jets plan how they can assure their continued dominance of the street.

Theater

Minskoff Theatre · Broadway

Closed

November 30, 1980