Ram's Head is proud to present West Side Story to the Stanford community.
When Broadway legend Jerome Robbins conceptualized the idea of musicalising Romeo and Juliet within the context of contemporary New York City gangs, he approached librettist Arthur Laurents with the idea. The two then joined forces with musical genius Leonard Berstein to create the now-legendary West Side Story. Making his broadway debut, a 27 year old Stephen Sondheim provided the lyrics. When the show opened in New York's Winter Garden Theater on September 27, 1957, it changed the face of musical theater forever.
West Side Story proceeded to run for 732 performances.