More than 50 years ago one musical changed theatre forever. Now it’s back on Broadway mesmerizing audiences once again and this holiday season it's coming to Denver. It's WEST SIDE STORY and from the first note to the final breath, it soars as the greatest love story of all time. WEST SIDE STORY will open at The Buell Theatre on Tuesday, December 13 and run through January 1, 2012.
Tony Award-winning librettist Arthur Laurents’ Broadway direction will be recreated for the tour by David Saint, the Associate Director on Broadway. The original Jerome Robbins choreography is reproduced by Tony Award-nominee Joey McKneely (The Boy from Oz, The Life).
The new Broadway cast album of WEST SIDE STORY won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album on January 31, 2010. The Bernstein and Sondheim score is considered to be one of Broadway’s finest and features such classics of the American musical theatre as “Something’s Coming,” “Tonight,” “America,” “I Feel Pretty” and “Somewhere.”
The new Broadway production began previews at the Palace Theatre on Broadway Monday, February 23, 2009, opened to critical acclaim breaking box office records at the Palace Theatre on Thursday, March 19, 2009, and recouped its $14 million investment after running only 30 weeks.
The Broadway production played its final performance January 2, 2011. The musical played 27 previews and 748 regular performances, making it the longest-running production of the groundbreaking musical in Broadway history. The original production, which had held the record, played 732 performances on Broadway.
Single tickets for WEST SIDE STORY start at just $25:
- To charge by phone, call Denver Center Ticket Services at 303.893.4100
- TTY (for Deaf and hard-of-hearing patrons): 303.893.9582
- Groups of 15 or more, please call 303.446.48290
Tickets may also be purchased at the Denver Center Ticket Office, located in the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex lobby. Buy and print online at www.denvercenter.org.
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