West Side Story
The National Theatre
1321 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington
1321 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington
This truly timeless Broadway musical brings the all-consuming love story of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet to the streets of 1950s New York, and adds an unforgettable Leonard Bernstein-Stephen Sondheim score to boot. In West Side Story, the ill-fated romance between star-crossed lovers Tony and Maria plays out against the fierce rivalry between street gangs the Sharks and the Jets. Later made into a film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture, the show's current revival is based on Tony Award-winning librettist Arthur Laurents' Broadway direction, and features all-time favorites like "Something's Coming," "Maria," "America," "Somewhere," "Tonight" and "I Feel Pretty."
Thru - Jun 8, 2014