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Celebrate 65 Years of West Side Story With a Look Back at the Original Production From Rehearsals to Backstage to Showtime

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Chita Rivera_Jerome Robbins_Larry Kert_Carol Lawrence_HR — Celebrate 65 Years of West Side Story With a Look Back at the Original Production From Rehearsals to Backstage to Showtime

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West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_ Fight scene_HR — Cast

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_ Larry Kert_Chita Rivera_HR — Larry Kert and Chita Rivera

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_ Jerome Robbins_HR — Jerome Robbins

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West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_ Fight scene_HR — Cast rehearsing the fight scene

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Carol Lawrence_Stephen Sondheim_Leonard Bernstein _HR. — Carol Lawrence, Stephen Sondheim, and Leonard Bernstein

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Chita Rivera _HR — Chita Rivera and cast

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West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Chita Rivera_Larry Kert_HR — Chita Rivera and Larry Kert

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Chita Rivera_HR — Chita Rivera and cast

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West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Chita Rivera_Larry Kert_HRg — Chita Rivera and Larry Kert

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Chita Rivera_HR — Chita Rivera and cast

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Chita Rivera_HR — Chita Rivera and cast

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Chita Rivera_HR — Chita Rivera and cast

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Chita Rivera_Jerome Robbins_Larry Kert_Carol Lawrence_HR — Chita Rivera, Jerome Robbins, Larry Kert, and Carol Lawrence

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West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Chita Rivera_HR — Chita Rivera

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Dancers_HR — Cast

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Leonard Bernstein_Arthur Laurents_Jerome Robbins_Irene Sharaff_Stephen Sondheim_Robert Griffith_Sylvia Drulie_HR — 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

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Jerome Robbins_HR — Jerome Robbins and cast

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Leonard Bernstein_HR g — Leonard Bernstein

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Larry Kert_Carol Lawrence_HR — Larry Kert and Carol Lawrence

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Peter Gennaro_Tony Mordente_HR — Peter Gennaro and Tony Mordente

West_Side_Story_Broadway_PRehearsal_1957_Chita Rivera_Ken LeRoy_Larry Kert_ Carol Lawrence_H — Chita Rivera, Ken LeRoy, Larry Kert, and Carol Lawrence

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Peter Gennaro_HR — Peter Gennaro

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Stephen Sondheim_Leonard Bernstein_Carol Lawrence_HR — Stephen Sondheim on piano with Leonard Bernstein and Carol Lawrence

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Stephen Sondheim_Arthur Laurents_Hal Prince_Robert Griffith_Leonard Bernstein_Jerome Robbins_HR — Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents, Hal Prince, Robert Griffith, Leonard Bernstein, and Jerome Robbins

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West_Side_Story_Broadway_Backstage_1957_Carol Lawrence_HR — Carol Lawrence

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Irene Sharaff_HR — Irene Sharaff

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West_Side_Story_Broadway_Backstage_1957_Carol Lawrence_HR — Carol Lawrence

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Backstage_1957_Chita Rivera_HR — Chita Rivera

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Backstage_1957_Lee Theodore_Irene Sharaff_HR — Lee Theodore and Irene Sharaff

West-Side-Story-Playbill-1958-09_HR — West Side Story Playbill – 1958

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Production_Photo_1957_Ken LeRoy_Chita Rivera_HR — Ken LeRoy and Chita Rivera

West_Side_Story_Production_Photos_1957_Carol_Lawrence_Larry_Kert_HR — Carol Lawrence and Larry Kert in a promotional photo for the 1957 production of West Side Story

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West_Side_Story_Broadway_Production_Photo_1957_Carol Lawrence_HR — Carol Lawrence

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Production_Photo_1957_Carol Lawrence_Chita Rivera_HR — Carol Lawrence and Chita Rivera

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Production_Photo_1957_Carol Lawrence_Larry Kert_HR — Carol Lawrence and Larry Kert

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Production_Photo_1957_Chita Rivera_HR — Chita Rivera and cast

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Production_Photo_1957_Jets_HR — Cast

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Production_Photo_Chita_Rivera_HR — Chita Rivera

Martha Swope/©NYPL for the Performing Arts

West Side Story HR — West Side Story 1957

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Chita Rivera_Jerome Robbins_Larry Kert_Carol Lawrence_HR

West_Side_Story_Original_Documents_HR

West_Side_Story_Original_Documents_HR

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_ Fight scene_HR

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_ Larry Kert_Chita Rivera_HR

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_ Jerome Robbins_HR

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_ Fight scene_HR

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Carol Lawrence_Stephen Sondheim_Leonard Bernstein _HR.

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Chita Rivera _HR

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Chita Rivera_Larry Kert_HR

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Chita Rivera_HR

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West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Chita Rivera_HR

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Chita Rivera_HR

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Chita Rivera_HR

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Chita Rivera_Jerome Robbins_Larry Kert_Carol Lawrence_HR

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Chita Rivera_HR

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Dancers_HR

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West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Larry Kert_Carol Lawrence_HR

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Peter Gennaro_Tony Mordente_HR

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West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Peter Gennaro_HR

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Stephen Sondheim_Leonard Bernstein_Carol Lawrence_HR

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Stephen Sondheim_Arthur Laurents_Hal Prince_Robert Griffith_Leonard Bernstein_Jerome Robbins_HR

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Backstage_1957_Carol Lawrence_HR

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Rehearsal_1957_Irene Sharaff_HR

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Backstage_1957_Carol Lawrence_HR

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Backstage_1957_Chita Rivera_HR

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Backstage_1957_Lee Theodore_Irene Sharaff_HR

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West_Side_Story_Broadway_Production_Photo_1957_Ken LeRoy_Chita Rivera_HR

West_Side_Story_Production_Photos_1957_Carol_Lawrence_Larry_Kert_HR

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Production_Photo_1957_Carol Lawrence_HR

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Production_Photo_1957_Carol Lawrence_Chita Rivera_HR

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Production_Photo_1957_Carol Lawrence_Larry Kert_HR

West_Side_Story_Broadway_Production_Photo_1957_Chita Rivera_HR

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