West Side Story

The Royal Exchange Theatre is thrilled to announce that the smash-hit production west side story will return to the stage in 2020 due to unprecedented popular demand.

'Could it be? Yes, it could. Something’s coming – something good.'

‘I’m delighted that our new production has caught the imagination of today’s audiences, and that the electricity of it all - the story, the music, the dance - is still so urgent in 2019. The demand for tickets has been incredible so to be able to bring the show back next year and give people another opportunity to see Leonard Bernstein’s masterpiece is fantastic.’ Artistic Director, Sarah Frankcom

West Side Story marries stunning choreography to a matchless songbook – Maria, America, Somewhere, Tonight – as it translates Romeo And Juliet to 1950s Manhattan. It’s the Jets and the Sharks, two rival gangs who make New York’s mean streets even meaner. But it’s also passionate, tender and deeply romantic – the greatest love story ever told.

Reimagined for the round with new choreography by Aletta Collins (Sweet Charity) and orchestrations from Bernstein specialist Jason Carr, Sarah Frankcom’s production brings a whole new energy to a bona fide Broadway classic.

Casting for the 2020 production is yet to be confirmed, and will be announced in the Autumn along with further details of the production.