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West Side Story (Chicago)

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West Side Story (Chicago) Tickets

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Rating: 3.6 out of 5 based on 562 reviews

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More than fifty years ago one musical changed theater forever. Now it's back, and mesmerizing audiences once again. From the first note to the final breath, West Side Story soars as the greatest love story of all time. Directed by David Saint, using Tony Award-winning librettist Arthur Laurents' Broadway direction, West Side Story remains as powerful, poignant and timely as ever. 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."

Reviews

Rating: 3.6 out of 5 based on 562 reviews
  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    by Anonymous on 8/21/13Oriental Theatre Chicago - Chicago

    Very Good! Would highly recommend. Good seating and had a great time.

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    Wow!

    by Anonymous on 7/10/13Oriental Theatre Chicago - Chicago

    I'm a huge West Side Story fan and have watched (recording of and one live) various casts, but this one brought something new to the table. Even though I often knew the lyrics and notes that were coming next, I was on the edge of my seat! Bravo!

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    West Side Story was top notch!

    by Luce3060 on 6/22/13Oriental Theatre Chicago - Chicago

    I took my Mom & daughters for a girls nite out to see West Side Story. The Oriental Theater is a beautiful, historic, location for a classic musical...and West Side Story fit the bill perfectly! Wonderful pit orchestra helped to create the emotional mood of the show, and the actors were simply terrific! Overall a great experience and would recommend to all!!

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    West Side Story a great great!

    by SouthernGiirl on 6/22/13Oriental Theatre Chicago - Chicago

    I was visiting Chicago and was able to get a last minute single ticket to the show. I had a center seat in the balcony.... the singers were incredible but the dancing knocked my socks off!

  • Rating: 1 out of 5

    West Side story Sunday night

    by FrankBob on 6/20/13Oriental Theatre Chicago - Chicago

    The cast was horrible. No pizazz no fire. Very flat.

  • Rating: 2 out of 5

    Lacking credibility

    by Anonymous on 6/20/13Oriental Theatre Chicago - Chicago

    We have never critiqued anything but here goes......we are truly sorry to say our whole family (including 2 college age sons who LOVE and participate in theatre and music) noticed something missing.....although most individual actors were good by themselves, there was a huge lack of cohesiveness : (( We did not walk away feeling that the production was credible, as actors did not truly make their relationships to each other believable. It seemed they each were acting by themselves, for themselves but not as a group. Very disappointed for the amount of money we paid for the seats.

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    West Side Story

    by JLRB on 6/20/13Oriental Theatre Chicago - Chicago

    This was a great production of West Side Story. The actress who played Anita was amazing!!! The dancing was really awesome. It went by really quickly but was a great experience.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Love love this story

    by BettyeAnne on 6/19/13Oriental Theatre Chicago - Chicago

    West Side Story was the first movie I saw on a big screen in 61 in downtown Gary Indiana at the Palace Theatre. Cost 50 cents. I was 8. It was beautiful to me. The song One Hand One Heart was my wedding song 2 years ago when I married my 3rd husband!! & final husband!!

  • Rating: 3 out of 5

    Just OK

    by WITheaterLover on 6/19/13Oriental Theatre Chicago - Chicago

    I have been to a number of shows in Chicago, and I have to say that I was disappointed in West Side Story. My group and I felt that the lead characters were not that great. It was nearly impossible to understand much of what was being said and the vocal singing was not what we expected. We also felt that the "rape" scene was unnecessary to the story. Must say that this production is not on our "must see again" list. The seats were fine, however we had a very annoying person sitting behind us that was constantly clearing his throat and making pig like grunts through out the entire show. It was VERY distracting. We spoke to the usher regarding the situation and nothing was done.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    west side story was wonderful

    by buttercup8561 on 6/19/13Oriental Theatre Chicago - Chicago

    The singing and dancing is fantastic!! I loved how they followed the movie and the actors were fantastic. Maria's voice was absolutely spectacular