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Bravo Theatre Group, Loughrea, Ireland


  • Temperance Hall Barrack Street Loughrea, Co. Galway Ireland (map)

Join Bravo Theatre Group as they celebrate their 10th Birthday with a cast of over 50 members and a 16 piece orchestra as they proudly present "West Side Story".
Director:
Aoife McClafferty
Musical Director: Shane Farrell
Choreographer: Jay Molyneux
West Side Story, the tragic story of Tony and Maria.  Inspired by William Shakespeare's play  - Romeo and Juliet, the story is set in the mid-1950s in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, then a multiracial, blue-collar neighbourhood. The musical explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. The Sharks, who are recent migrants from Puerto Rico, and the Jets, vie for dominance of the neighbourhood, and the police try to keep order. The young protagonist, Tony, a former member of the Jets and best friend of the gang's leader, Riff, falls in love with Maria, the sister of Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks.

Based on a conception of Jerome Robbins, Book By Arthur Laurents, Music by Leonard Bernstein, Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Entire Original production directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins. Originally produced on broadway by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince by arrangement with Roger L. Stevens.