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1970:  The first stage production in South Africa produced and choreographed by [[Kip Andrews]] for the [[Hymie Udwin]]'s [[Academy Theatre]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]]. It starred [[Michael Harrison]], [[Patricia Arnell]], [[Lynton Burnes]], [[Richard Loring]], [[Delia Sainsbury]], [[Keith Galloway]], [[Graham Clarke]] and others while [[Anthony Farmer]] did the set design and [[Paul Jannsen]] was the stage director. It eventually moved to the [[Empire Theatre]] and then to Cape Town.  
 
1970:  The first stage production in South Africa produced and choreographed by [[Kip Andrews]] for the [[Hymie Udwin]]'s [[Academy Theatre]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]]. It starred [[Michael Harrison]], [[Patricia Arnell]], [[Lynton Burnes]], [[Richard Loring]], [[Delia Sainsbury]], [[Keith Galloway]], [[Graham Clarke]] and others while [[Anthony Farmer]] did the set design and [[Paul Jannsen]] was the stage director. It eventually moved to the [[Empire Theatre]] and then to Cape Town.  
  
1995/96: Staged by [[PACT]] Opera and [[CAPAB]], opening on 27 November 1995 in the [[State Theatre]] in Pretoria and on 25 January 1996 in the [[Nico Malan Opera House]] in Cape Town
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1995/96: Staged by [[PACT]] Opera and [[CAPAB]], opening on 27 November 1995 in the [[State Theatre]] in Pretoria and on 25 January 1996 in the [[Nico Malan Opera House]] in Cape Town, directed and choreograped by [[Alan Johnson]] (reproducing Jerome Robbins's original Broadway direction and choreography), with
  
  
  
 
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Presented by the [[Playhouse Company]] in association with [[PACT]] Opera and [[CAPAB]] in 1996.  
1995-6: A production by [[PACT]] and [[CAPAB]] was first performed at the Opera, [[State Theatre]], Pretoria, opening on 27 November 1995 and on 25 January 1996 at the Nico Opera House, Cape Town. Director and choreographer Alan Johnson, starring [[Robert Finlayson]], Juanita Kruger with Joe Clark, Samantha Peo, Neville Thomas, Dale Cutts and a host of SA's top performers. Scenic designer: [[Anthony Farmer]]. Presented by the [[Playhouse Company]] in association with [[PACT]] Opera and [[CAPAB]] in 1996.  
 
  
 
2013: The [[Playhouse Company]] in the Opera Theatre, Durban, from 22 November to 29 December, directed by [[Ralph Lawson]],  
 
2013: The [[Playhouse Company]] in the Opera Theatre, Durban, from 22 November to 29 December, directed by [[Ralph Lawson]],  

Revision as of 07:27, 11 January 2016

West Side Story [1] is an American musical with a book by Arthur Laurents [2], music by Leonard Bernstein [3], lyrics by Stephen Sondheim [4] and co-written by Bernstein, and conception and choreography by Jerome Robbins [5]. The action is set in Manhattan's West Side/Hell's Kitchen in the mid-1950s. It was inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.

First produced on Broadway in 1957, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins. In 1961 Robert Wise’s film version [6] captured world attention.

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Performance history in South Africa

1970: The first stage production in South Africa produced and choreographed by Kip Andrews for the Hymie Udwin's Academy Theatre at the Alexander Theatre. It starred Michael Harrison, Patricia Arnell, Lynton Burnes, Richard Loring, Delia Sainsbury, Keith Galloway, Graham Clarke and others while Anthony Farmer did the set design and Paul Jannsen was the stage director. It eventually moved to the Empire Theatre and then to Cape Town.

1995/96: Staged by PACT Opera and CAPAB, opening on 27 November 1995 in the State Theatre in Pretoria and on 25 January 1996 in the Nico Malan Opera House in Cape Town, directed and choreograped by Alan Johnson (reproducing Jerome Robbins's original Broadway direction and choreography), with


Presented by the Playhouse Company in association with PACT Opera and CAPAB in 1996.

2013: The Playhouse Company in the Opera Theatre, Durban, from 22 November to 29 December, directed by Ralph Lawson,

2015: Produced by Eric Abraham and the Fugard Theatre at ArtsCape in July and August, directed by Matthew Wild, with musical direction by Charl-Johan Lingenfelder and choreography by Louisa Talbot, a full cast of 40 and accompanied by the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra. The leading cast members included Jonathan Roxmouth, Lynelle Kenned, Bianca le Grange, Christopher Jaftha, and Daniel Buys.

Sources

West Side Story theatre programme, 1970/1971.

PACT Opera theatre programme, 1995.

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