West Side Story

WEST SIDE STORY Book by Arthur Laurents | Music by Leonard Bernstein  | Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim  | Based on a Conception of Jerome Robbins | Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Episode Segments:

3:55 – Speed Test6:06 – Why God Why15:10 – Back to Before23:18 – Putting It Together33:46 – What's Inside54:28 – How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?1:12:29 – Our Favorite Things1:24:50 – Corner of the Sky1:30:10 – What Comes Next?

Works Consulted & Reference :

West Side Story (Original Libretto) by Arthur Laurents & Stephen SondheimFinishing the Hat by Stephen SondheimWest Side Story: Cultural Perspectives of an American Musical by Elizabeth A. WellsSomething's Coming, Something Good: West Side Story and the American Imagination by Misha BersonThe Making of West Side Story by Keith GarebianSondheim  & Co by Craig ZadanSondheim by Martin Gottfried Mainly on Directing by Arthur LaurentsSense of Occasion by Hal PrinceBroadway: The American Musical (PBS Documentary)

Music Credits:

"Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin"The Speed Test" from Thoroughly Modern Millie  (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble"Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording  (Original Cast Recording  / Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by Alistair Brammer"Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie"Chromolume #7 / Putting It Together" from Sunday in the Park with George (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Performed by Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Judith Moore, Cris Groenendaal, Charles Kimbrough, William Parry, Nancy Opel, Robert Westenberg, Dana Ivey, Kurt Knudson, Barbara Bryne"What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles | Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble"Something's Coming” from West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Leonard Bernstein, Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Performed by Larry Kert"Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon"My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews"Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Performed by Matthew James Thomas“What Comes Next?” from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Performed by Jonathan Groff