Based on a Conception of Jerome Robbins
Book by Arthur Laurents    
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
German translation of the dialogs by Marcel Prawy
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
The transfer of performance rights is carried out in agreement with MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL, Stage Distribution for Austria: Josef Weinberger Vienna.

Just as William Shakespeares’ Romeo and Juliet are born into rival families, Maria and Tony are linked to rival gangs. Tony is a Jet, a gang of white American youths led by his best friend Riff. Maria’s brother Bernardo is the leader of the Sharks, a gang of Puerto Rican immigrants. Maria and Tony fall in love, the gangs fight, Tony happens to kill Maria’s brother. Maria, who still loves Tony, agrees to elope with him. But Tony receives a fake message saying that Maria is dead ...