Celebrate the 50th anniversary of this iconic film and winner of ten Academy Awards®, including Best Picture.   The (name of orchestra) plays Leonard Bernstein’s electrifying score and memorable songs with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim live, while the newly re-mastered film is shown in glorious high definition on the big screen with the original vocals and dialog intact.  This classic romantic tragedy, directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins and one of the greatest achievements in the history of movie musicals, features Robbins’ breath-taking choreography and a screenplay by Ernest Lehman based on the masterful book by Arthur Laurents. West Side Story © 1961 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.  All rights reserved. © A.M.P.A.S.

"It looked stunning on the Bowl screens, and Newman's impassioned conducting brought out the expressive best from the Philharmonic musicians"

Film Music Society Jul 11th 2011

"the performance did what an orchestral reading of a film score should do: it let the audience see the details of a film’s musical component — usually invisible and too often taken for granted — being created on the spot"

New York Times Sep 8th 2011