Celebrate this iconic film and winner of ten Academy Awards®, including Best Picture.   The 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. 

CAST

Natalie Wood – Maria
Marni Nixon – Maria’s singing voice
Richard Beymer – Tony
Jimmy Bryant – Tony’s singing voice
Russ Tamblyn – Riff
Rita Moreno – Anita, Bernardo’s girlfriend
George Chakiris – Bernardo
Simon Oakland – Police Lieutenant Schrank
Ned Glass – Doc
William Bramley – Police Sergeant Krupke

Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins

Music by Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

West Side Story © 1961 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.  All rights reserved. © A.M.P.A.S.