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West Side Story Revival a Smash Success at Our Orpheum Theatre – It’s “Incredible”– A Grittier Production Than You Might Expect

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The big West Side Story revival opened yesterday at our Orpheum Theatre. Now, I didn’t make it myself and I’ll probably stop telling you about theatre in San Francisco after this one, but here we go.

The thing is that this production is different than what you might be expecting. It’s grittier, that’s the best way to phrase it. Anyway, I’ve searched and searched and haven’t found anybody saying anything negative about, so that’s a good sign.

Here’s Pat Craig’s review:

It was incredible.”

And here’s another, but you’re probably better off holding off reading it. See WSS first and then come back to it:

Last night, those first 45 seconds at the Orpheum were nothing short of breathtaking.”

(And you’d think the Orpheum Theatre Examiner(!) would have something up soon, right?)

So, this is your chance to see West Side Story the way it was meant to be done.

It’ll cost you twice as much as seeing a romcom at the Googleplex, so it seems like it’s worth checking out, non?

It will leave us on NOVEMBER 28, 2010.

All the deets, after the junp

THE SMASH HIT REVIVAL

CASTING ANNOUNCED
PLAYING THE ORPHEUM THEATRE
OCTOBER 27, 2010 – NOVEMBER 28, 2010

TICKETS NOW ON SALE

SAN FRANCISCO… Casting has been announced for the smash hit revival of the Tony Award-winning musical WEST SIDE STORY  which plays the Orpheum Theatre October 27 – November 28 and concludes the 2009-2010 Citibank Best of Broadway series under the direction of  Carole Shorenstein Hays. Tickets now on sale.

The cast will star Kyle Harris as Tony, Ali Ewoldt as Maria, Michelle Aravena as Anita, Joseph J. Simeone as Riff and German Santiago as Bernardo. Also featured are Mike Boland as Krupke, Ryan Christoper Chotto as A-rab, Stephen DeRosa as Glad Hand, Drew Foster as Action, Alexandra Frohlinger as Anybodys, Jay Garcia as Chino, Grant Gustin as Baby John, Nathan Keen as Big Deal, Christopher Patrick Mullen as Schrank, John O’Creagh as Doc, Kyle Robinson as Diesel, Cary Tedder as Snowboy, along with Lauren Boyd, Alicia Charles, Beth Crandall, Dean Andre de Luna, Ted Ely, Lori Ann Ferreri, Ryan Ghysels, Tim Hausmann, Dea Julien, Daniel Kermidas, Kristen Paulicelli, Christie Portera, Erika Santillana, Kevin Santos, Michael Scirrotto, Jeffrey C. Sousa, Jessica Swesey, Kathryn Lin Terza and Kirstin Tucker.

Ever more deets, after the jump

WEST SIDE STORY, the classic romantic musical, is written by three theatrical luminaries: two-time Tony Award-winner Arthur Laurents (book) and multiple Tony and Grammy Award-winners Leonard Bernstein (music) and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics) in what was his Broadway debut.  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.”

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).

WEST SIDE STORY features scenic designs by James Youmans (Gypsy), costumes by Tony Award nominee David C. Woolard (The Farnsworth Invention, The Who’s Tommy), lighting by Tony Award winner Howell Binkley (Gypsy, Jersey Boys), sound design by Tony Award nominee Dan Moses Schreier (Gypsy, A Catered Affair) and hair by Mark Adam Rampmeyer (The Farnsworth Invention).

WEST SIDE STORY is produced by Kevin McCollum, James L. Nederlander, Jeffrey Seller with Terry Allen Kramer, Sander Jacobs, Roy Furman / Jill Furman Willis, Freddy DeMann, Robyn Goodman / Walt Grossman, Hal Luftig, Roy Miller, The Weinstein Company and Broadway Across America.

Tickets for WEST SIDE STORY are now on sale and range in price from $30 – $99. Tickets can be purchased online at shnsf.com, by calling SHN Audience Services at 888 SHN 1799 (888 746 1799) or by visiting the Orpheum Theatre Box Office (1192 Market at 8th St., Mon-Sat 10 AM – 6 PM). For information on Groups of 15 or more, call Group Sales at 888 SHN 1799.

To learn more about WEST SIDE STORY and other SHN shows, please visit www.shnsf.com

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
TUE – SAT AT 8 PM
WED, SAT & SUN AT 2 PM
ADDED PERFS: SUN, 10/31 AT 7:30 PM, FRI, 11/26 AT 2 PM
NO PERF: THU, 11/25 – THANKSGIVING
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Twitter: www.twitter.com/shnsf.

To experience what goes on backstage at SHN shows, go to http://shnsf.com/podcast/index.asp and listen to Backstage, the SHN podcast series, to hear interviews with members of the creative teams or actors for all SHN productions.

SHN is the pre-eminent theatrical entertainment company in San Francisco and owns and operates the Curran, Orpheum and Golden Gate Theatres—San Francisco’s premier theatrical venues. SHN’s Best of Broadway theater series provides Bay Area audiences with pre-Broadway world premieres, original Broadway cast productions, award-winners and current hits fresh from Broadway. For information on all SHN shows, please visit shnsf.com.


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