Weekend Roundup: 7/14 - 7/20

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Gwen Stewart Returns to Rent
Eight-Year-Old to Star in Broadway Show
A Blonde Farewell for Laura Bell Bundy
Passing Strange Closes on Broadway
Billy Elliot Dances to Broadway
Boots to Broadway
Is Broadway Dreaming of a White Christmas?
Broadway Hopeful Has an Ace Up its Sleeve
A Strong Year for Broadway Musicals
[title of show] Opens Tonight on Broadway
The Weinstein Co. Has Big Plans for Broadway
Ready to Rumble? West Side Story Returns to Broadway
Legendary Broadway Theater Sold for $30 Million
Little House on the Broadway
Working 9 to 5 on Broadway
Paradise Lost is Broadway Bound
Open Casting Call for Spider-Man Musical
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Ready to Rumble? "West Side Story" Returns to Broadway

Arthur Laurents, 90, who wrote the libretto to West Side Story, is directing a revival of the musical, which is scheduled to open at a Nederlander theater in March 2009.

But first the show will play at the National Theatre in Washington, the venue of the musical's world premiere in 1957. This pre-Broadway run will be December 16, 2008 through January 17, 2009.

The show was originally directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins, with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and book by Arthur Laurents. Harold Prince was one of the producers. The show ran for 732 performances. It was revived on Broadway in 1980, and has remained popular in local theaters and schools throughout the world.

Source: Broadway.com

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