WEST SIDE STORY PROLOGUE Stratford Playhouse

[@detectivefiction3701]

That was GREAT! Seriously -- I was riveted through the whole thing, and I'm an adult in my late 30's who has seen many professional musical productions in my life. What I especially loved, apart from the wonderful dancing, was the facial expressions, focus, and energy from every single guy.

[@corvus1374]

Man, the dance program at this school is amazing.

[@blahblahbkahblbllblblbl5692]

corvus13 sure is but I went there and it’s so over hyped

[@gabriellekelly3141]

YES! I love the use of the original choreography

[@johannaweiss5730]

ive been waiting for this! I wish I could see the whole show 😍

[@eldiran2]

I have done this show a few times and seen many productions, and this one gets So Much right---great reproductions of the original choreography, really good costumes (best I have seen), Okay sets. The biggest fault in all the videos I have seen of this production so far, is the lighting--so many of the scene and numbers need a more intimate atmosphere, and they are over-lit. Only complaint so far. Great job to all!

[@cindchan]

Really good job on the dance boys!! I know it couldn't have been easy to learn all that! And you did it all so well!

[@Cablecol]

Awesome ...I think the whistling is challenging as well. This caliber of young performers are seldom seen💯

[@bruce2760]

When they started dancing it got me… just amazing!

[@jimdouglas43]

Excellent high school production one of the Best I’ve seen on par with Eastport South Manor High

[@MaynardGKrebs-gv4vy]

Excellent...really. I have seen local stage productions by pro and semi-pro companies and this was a big plus to what I've seen. Nice job...

[@EndomouEnd]

I wondered what would happen if the ball didn't shoot

[@kechkur2800]

the jets are so silent when they move in the begining

[@SuperMaDBrothers]

3:20 This kid is just not intimidating and having him be the head of a gang is pretty hilarious. I’m pretty sure he was teachers pet in my math class

[@Loki.com1237]

Are you talking about Bernardo

[@nwdixieboy]

So very very impressive. You don't keep comparing it to the movie.

[@keiko4043]

ahhh I've been waiting for this!!! thanks for uploading :)(

[@Grennyyyyy1]

Nice, I really want to see the rumble scene from this group.

[@ualflygal]

FANTASTIC!!!

[@Kristina-u1n]

I love how EVERONE pays tribute to the original!!

[@OwainMilliken]

it would be cool to see i feel pretty, rumble, somethings coming, and finale

[@THATBILLMOORE]

They're on their way - eventually.

[@bradscott1935]

Bill Moore are they?

[@THATBILLMOORE]

For real...trust me...any day (week/month) now. Patience.

[@gpmorris16]

I’m doing the summer production of West Side Story at Victor Valley College I’m playing as Officer Krupke

[@nicolekat8758]

High School Bernardo really let his inner George Chakiris shine. Proud!

[@erpollock]

I wonder if there's a provision when authorizing a performance that WSS must be performed exactly as in the original Broadway production in 1957. So many of the poses and choreography seems like the film, which basically followed the play. Does anyone know if subsequent performances have to do Robbins choreography?

[@jimsalisbury3795]

Eileen Pollock You can actually buy the rights to the original Jerome Robbins choreo

[@chrishaines1677]

No. I did it high school and we used our own choreography..

[@madisoncardenas8910]

did they paint Bernardo's face

[@睦月かなで-b9l]

cool

[@MaynardGKrebs-gv4vy]

Jay Norman would be proud of the dance moves in this. For high school this is VERY good overall. (Jay was the best dancer in the movie IMHO)

[@parley78]

Who did he play?

[@Loki.com1237]

@@parley78 he played Bernardo’s second Pepe who is the tall muscular shark with a lazy eye and he wears red pants

[@MrMikesok]

Could use without the brown face by Bernardo, just stick to his original skin tone, but other than that yah it was lit.

[@kechkur2800]

Anita needs to have dark skin because of the line ''she's to dark to pass''

[@SRLovesPandas1]

@@kechkur2800 still not an excuse for brownface. just cast a dark skinned actress who fits the role.

[@anitacalloway3032]

In the words of Darth Vader, IMPRESSIVE!

[@abbykaty12]

looks like a high school production.

[@kayrunjaavice1421]

maybe because it is a highschool production

[@1rewd133]

... the orchestra is a dead giveaway.

[@nannymcfairy5344]

nunnie

[@chloeingram360]

thought this was cool until i saw the brownface. classy.

[@thatperformer3879]

Chloe Ingram The hell were they supposed to do? Clearly they didn’t have enough colored actors at the school, and that’s okay. Stop being an SJW.

[@abelaguilar2594]

Thatperformer387 you do know not all Puerto Rican’s are brown 😭😭😭 Maybe if they were a little more educated😳

[@logankrushinski3323]

Ummmm, just a word of warning...If you do the original choreography or even parts of it from the movie or the original stage productions, you could get into big trouble. ONLY sanctioned Robbins choreographers who have permission from the estate can teach and do the original stuff. It is creative property and if you copy choreography from the movie, you can get nailed. I was in the European Broadway Tour (as Maira) and the late Alan Johnson who was a Robbins choreographer, taught us the whole show as Robbins created it. That is why we were billed as "The Original". If you are doing choreography that is original and you are discovered it could mean a fine. I know most people think high schools and community theaters can't get in trouble, but they can. So, be careful when you decide to lift original choreography or staging that you do not have permission to use in your production.

[@THATBILLMOORE]

Pretty sure the Stratford program secured all the appropriate permissions they needed. They spend a lot of money securing rights to the shows they do.

[@codyfinger4630]

Yeah we paid for the rights to this choreography so.... calm down.

[@johnnywhite58]

Ah no it's well meaning but ultimately under par cause you can't magic up 15 years of jazz ballet training in amateur dancers.band are great.

[@filo4854]

It looks like they did blackface?

[@jamesdougherty2271]

This is obviously an amature production.

[@hasmiktumasyan846]

James Dougherty well yeah its a high school