Yo, "West Side Story" is cruising into town. The 1957 classic might make you wince with its dated dialogue, but that Bernstein-Sondheim musical program is still "the most."
The tour, which lands Tuesday at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, comes from the 2009 Broadway revival directed by Arthur Laurents.
Laurents, 91 when he staged the piece, has since passed away. He wrote the original and oversaw the injection of Spanish into the script for the recent production. That move proved less than successful, and much of the Spanish was pared back.
"West Side Story" is considered by many theater aficionados to be one of the most perfectly made musicals ever, and the music has become an iconic part of American culture. So how well do you know this bird, daddy-o?
1) Maria is Puerto Rican. Her paramour, Tony, was of what ethnicity?
- A) German
- B) Polish
- C) Italian
- D) Romanian
2) In the play, Tony accidentally kills whom?
- A) Bernardo, Maria's brother
- B) Riff, Tony's best friend
- C) Anita, Bernardo's girlfriend
- D) Officer Krupke, a policeman
3) What was the title of the first draft Laurents made of the story?
- A) West Side Story
- B) West Side Tales
- C) East Side Story
- D) Sharks and the Jets
4) Stephen Sondheim was not the first choice as lyricist. Who was?
