West Side Memories

Overview

Documentary attached to the 50th anniversary MGM Blu-ray collection of "West Side Story" (1961). Details how this successful stage production was reared and molded into a beautiful cinematic one. Deep-dives into Jerome Robbins' choreography and Leonard Bernstein's score-making processes.

Cast

Jerome Robbins

Self (1960 interview) (voice) (archive footage)

Arthur Laurents

Self

Stephen Sondheim

Self

Hal Prince

Self (as Hal Prince)

N/A

Greg Lawrence

Self

Walter Mirisch

Self

Robert Wise

Self

Richard Beymer

Self

N/A

Robert E. Relyea

Self (as Robert Relyea)

Tony Mordente

Self

Rita Moreno

Self

Russ Tamblyn

Self