A new, Jewish-led adaptation of the musical hits theaters, as cultural conversations around identity and representation have shifted dramatically since the original show.
Imagine gritty NYC streets in the 1950s. An Irish Catholic boy falls for a Jewish girl, a Holocaust survivor and recent immigrant. Their families violently pursue each other, and it all ends in tragedy. If it sounds familiar that’s because it was the original pitch for West Side Story, the hit musical that ultimately centered on […]
