From the first notes to the final breath, ‘West Side Story’ is regarded as a landmark Broadway musical – one of the finest musicals and greatest love stories of all time; “a story that must be told without fail.” Arthur Laurents’ book set in the 1950s in the Upper West Side of NYC remains a powerful and poignant theatrical story. The score by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim are widely regarded as among the best ever written. The original stage production was nominated for 6 Tony Awards and the film for 11 Academy Awards; and the current production playing at the Woodstock Playhouse is a representation of some of the finest rising professional musical theatre talent in the United States as assembled by the Woodstock Playhouse Company now celebrating diversity and unity in this stellar production at Woodstock’s renowned steppingstone to Broadway.
