[DOC] [TLE] West Side Story - Wikipedia [PAR] West Side Story is a musical with a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard 
Bernstein, lyrics ... It ran for 732 performances before going on tour. ... Bernstein 
suggested they rework East Side Story and set it in Los Angeles, but .... the show, 
but changed his mind when Prince agreed to an eight-week dance rehearsal... [DOC] [TLE] The Official West Side Story Web Site -- FAQ [PAR] Jerome Robbins' proposed the idea for writing a musical based on Romeo and 
Juliet to Leonard Bernstein in January of 1949 (working title: East Side Story, set 
in the ... The Overture includes the song "Maria," changed from "Somewhere" in 
the ... merry "I Feel Pretty" were both moved up to happier times before the 
rumble. [DOC] [TLE] West Side Story - The Official Site [PAR] A few days before Candide closed, Leonard Bernstein and Felicia left tow for a 
two-week ... since the production of his musical Reuben Reuben had been 
canceled before its ... Even his concert work was set to expand in a new direction: 
it was ..... a song he had already sketched for East Side Story in 1949 when Maria 
was... [DOC] [TLE] The Bad Boy of Musical Theatre: Times Have Changed... [PAR] Dec 30, 2015 ... The last R&H show opened years before the new Age of Irony, before the .... for 
this project), direction by playwright/director George S. Kaufman, with athletic ... 
between Catholics and Jews, and it was called East Side Story. [DOC] [TLE] West Side Story - Prologue - (PopSpots) [PAR] Ironically, the original concept for the musical was for it to be called East Side 
Story and it ... in Manhattan in the 1950's, the characters were changed when the 
musical ... Building address numbers go higher in either direction starting from 
Fifth Ave. .... This sequence was filmed one-half year before the rest of the movie, 
as a... [DOC] [TLE] West Side Story - minhas.net [PAR] The team set out with a vision, to change the face of American musical theatre. .... 
all fronts: Jerome Robbin's brilliant choreography and direction is well-known in 
the ... He named the project East Side Story and called in writer Arthur Laurents 
to ... West Side Story ran on Broadway for 734 performances before embarking 
on... [DOC] [TLE] West Side Story: Broadway Musical, Dance Redefined, Robbins ... [PAR] Jul 15, 2013 ... Broadway History: The Golden Age of the American Book Musical, Part 5 ... 
Originally, it was called East Side Story and it was about a Jewish girl and 
Catholic boy. .... With Robbins' choreography and direction, West Side Story 
became a ... People in the 20th Century Who Changed the American Theatre... [DOC] [TLE] This Day in Theater History (Bernstein & Co. Change Direction on ... [PAR] Aug 25, 2010 ... Before the musical opened on Broadway in September 1957, it spent ... for what 
was then called East Side Story was simply a rehash of the... [DOC] [TLE] San Francisco Symphony - BERNSTEIN: West Side Story [PAR] He composed the musical West Side Story principally from autumn 1955 through 
... and it received its first performance (a pre-Broadway try-out) on August 19, 
1957, ... An early version tentatively titled East Side Story was going to focus on 
the .... very big indeed, and maybe changed the face of American musical theater. [DOC] [TLE] The Way He Is - Page 2 - tribunedigital-baltimoresun [PAR] Dec 9, 2004 ... Then he realized, "Gypsy could be a musical ... not about the ... initially called 
East Side Story, before Laurents had the idea of changing the original Catholics 
vs. ... (best musical); 1984 Tony for La Cage aux Folles (direction). [DOC] [TLE] West Side Story, Theater - CollegeTermPapers.com [PAR] West Side Story is one of the most influential musicals of all time. ... because 
even though it had been done before, it had never been done this ... and 
composer Leonard Bernstein of a musical called East Side Story,

Question: Before it changed direction, this musical was called "East Side Story"
Answer: West Side Story