European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse The jets pantomime gunfire to show what they would like to do to their rivals. 5/de.smre perhaps the most popular Broadway musical of All time Quot 7/7,7��?T�. A a Quot a the Trio cast the show in new York in August reviewing hundreds of danc ers and singers to build a troupe of 22 players with l b understudied. The production is supported by a 25-piece.orchestra and 15 stage hands Quot Wolfgang i Bocksch knows that you can find the Best musical performers in the u.s.,&Quot Montague said. Quot he s. Dedicated to the Quality of these 7 Bocksch to bring Quot the real Side Story Quot to Europe led. Him to choose Johnson As choreographer Johnson was a dancer in the original West Side Story that opened in new York in 1957. 7. A a. Johnson later worked on several productions of it Side Story with Jerome Robbins the Man who conceived and choreographed die musical Johnson now owns the rights to that original choreography. 7 ,. Co producer Montague said building the cast for West Side St dry was particularly difficult because As Good As the music is the Story heavily of dramatics and choreography. A a Quot in other words we had to find people who could not Only sing Quot she said Quot butt people who can dance and. A. a. V. W a a 7 critiques of in est Side Story written during its initial Success said the musical s triple Appeal was not an Accident. 7. I a a a a \ Quot the Auto orb created a new form of musical theater drama is projected not Only through music but even More forcefully through dance Quot one critic wrote a a ,. A. In 1949, Robbins conceived the idea fora modern Romeo and Juliet put to music and presented it As a special project for Bernstein and writer Arthur Laurents the original Story called last Side Story involved a. Jewish1 Hoy and an italian Catholic girl but when the a musical was Neady Complete the locale and ethnic backgrounds were Hanger because they seemed dated. Reset in a Brooklyn neighbourhood a the entire Story takes place Over of two Days. The conflict now. Revolves around the friction Between native born Whites puerto re ans. Tony in Maria tries to keen peace Between rival Street gangs the jets and the Sharks. he end he avenges the death of a Friend by killing Marians. Brother Bernardo and is himself killed in the music Al s Climax. I a a Lyest Side Story Peri Zered on Broadway sept. 25, 1957, age when innovators like Bernstein and. Robbins were helping give Modem theater a cons Ien let. West Side St try May rat have directly Influent Eschlie course of the musical but it undoubtedly inspired greater realism and seriousness in drama Quot wrote Arthur son. Veteran new York , Jackson said West Side. Story s uniqueness was the absence of the very mobility americans took so much -. Pride in. He credits the musical with beginning the. A a technique of dramatic fatalism. 1 operetta to that Point often brought the hero and. Heroine through hard limes to lie together by the final curtain. But Maria must pick up the pieces of her lift1 alone after the death of her True love. No Happy ending in Bocksch s West Side Story Lauri Landry portrayed Maria for the first several shows. But she had to return to the United states during the Alto oper performances. Her understudy Sarah i Graw took Over and will play the part in the . V Quot we were All so surprised a Bow Sai ill is Iri the 7 part Quot Bocksch h said alter Wal it Hing mar in i Ril performances. Quot i Andry a Ewe i at a j t a a i a. 0e. Audiences Hul is liked in to him \ �?~7it v a i. a a a 1 a a. Other per i Rinei a a it i Waits Are y e h if an cd Gary Cut psf As itt rear clip by Iii re i dancers and do ample Justice to inc Enerem i v u a i of / Story i Hort . A Hie shadowy .7 not it spa i a in it i a it i. S poorer. 7 h neighbourhood. A ens led like grand ail hand 7. 7 lighting of $ 800,000 m spot i,. Near t a o Ken by. A a. Before ret Liming to Trankle \ \<-1 re. A 1 a ii Quot will i or it a appeared in a in Saar Brm a n 1.i.�?� a. In ii Iti. Jan. 15-1 a i Urr. Fan70inc i a. 5 7j Bei he anti Wick Rori in Muo March i App c by it s j Ila t a d ,r111,t1 7 c Logi in but c i f s ,e be a it i set Quot a it a a a a t Eri Eany. A it Ilij Kaca if i 0 a a a i it a n i s. E. A ii kit Ltd a if i Ai. 7. 7 St i t land act a 11y c. 7 a 7 a a Boc .i�1 it he tired like die it k. Toa i. Or be Lor two years. 1. A. January 17, 1991 stripes Magazine 5
