To celebrate Leonard Bernstein's centennial, we offer five versions of the iconic West Side Story anthem “Somewhere,” featuring music by the late composer and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
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Cynthia Erivo
Reri Grist
Hugh Jackman and Aretha Franklin
Ben Platt
Barbra Streisand (with Il Divo)


Cast
Larry Kert and Chita Rivera
Jerome Robbins
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Cast rehearsing the fight scene
Carol Lawrence, Stephen Sondheim, and Leonard Bernstein
Chita Rivera and cast
Martha Swope/©NYPL for the Performing Arts
Chita Rivera and Larry Kert
Chita Rivera and cast
Martha Swope/©NYPL for the Performing Arts
Chita Rivera and Larry Kert
Chita Rivera and cast
Chita Rivera and cast
Chita Rivera and cast
Chita Rivera, Jerome Robbins, Larry Kert, and Carol Lawrence
Martha Swope/©NYPL for the Performing Arts
Chita Rivera
Cast
Composer Leonard Bernstein, playwright Arthur Laurents, choreographer Jerome Robbins (seated), costume designer Irene Sharaff, lyricist Stephen Sondheim, producer Robert Griffith, and production assistant Sylvia Drulie
Jerome Robbins and cast
Leonard Bernstein
Larry Kert and Carol Lawrence
Peter Gennaro and Tony Mordente
Chita Rivera, Ken LeRoy, Larry Kert, and Carol Lawrence
Peter Gennaro
Stephen Sondheim on piano with Leonard Bernstein and Carol Lawrence
Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents, Hal Prince, Robert Griffith, Leonard Bernstein, and Jerome Robbins
Martha Swope/©NYPL for the Performing Arts
Carol Lawrence
Irene Sharaff
Martha Swope/©NYPL for the Performing Arts
Carol Lawrence
Chita Rivera
Lee Theodore and Irene Sharaff
West Side Story Playbill – 1958
Ken LeRoy and Chita Rivera
Carol Lawrence and Larry Kert in a promotional photo for the 1957 production of West Side Story
©NYPL for the Performing Arts
Carol Lawrence
Carol Lawrence and Chita Rivera
Carol Lawrence and Larry Kert
Chita Rivera and cast
Cast
Chita Rivera
Martha Swope/©NYPL for the Performing Arts
West Side Story 1957