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Video: ‘West Side Story’ Artists Perform at WTTW
Marc Vitali
The spring musical at Lyric Opera of Chicago has become an annual tradition. This year, the venerable opera company rumbles with “West Side Story,” the 1957 classic created by Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins and Stephen Sondheim – with an assist from William Shakespeare.
“West Side Story” famously tells the story of the Jets and the Sharks – New York street gangs – and an ill-fated romance that echoes “Romeo and Juliet.”
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Marc Vitali
The spring musical at Lyric Opera of Chicago has become an annual tradition. This year, the venerable opera company rumbles with “West Side Story,” the 1957 classic created by Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins and Stephen Sondheim – with an assist from William Shakespeare.
“West Side Story” famously tells the story of the Jets and the Sharks – New York street gangs – and an ill-fated romance that echoes “Romeo and Juliet.”
( Read more... )