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West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic
West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic

West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic

Documentary
2016, GB
1h 0m

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Jerome Robbins

Jerome Robbins

Rita Moreno

Rita Moreno

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim

Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein

Hal Prince

Hal Prince

Carol Lawrence

Carol Lawrence

Chita Rivera

Chita Rivera

Bruno Tonioli

Bruno Tonioli

Arthur Laurents

Arthur Laurents

Suzy Klein

Suzy Klein

Ursula Macfarlane

Ursula Macfarlane

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As the world prepares to celebrate the 60th anniversary of West Side Story in 2017, dancer Bruno Tonioli and broadcaster Suzy Klein go in search of the true stories behind the inception of this classic show. For the first time on television, they hear first-hand from those involved in the show when it opened on Broadway in September 1957, including Sondheim himself, producer Hal Prince and original cast members from both show and movie, including Chita Rivera Carol Lawrence and Rita Moreno. With the BBC Symphony Orchestra and specially cast singers, we re-live some of the wonderful music and, in the company of Suzy and Bruno, we discover how West Side Story placed the 1950s phenomena of racial tension and teenage gangs centre stage to create a hit that changed musical theatre forever.

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