Lyric Opera 2022-2023 Issue 10 - West Side Story

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 16 West Side Story Based on a conception of Jerome Robbins Book by Arthur Laurents | Music by Leonard Bernstein | Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Original Production Directed and Choreographed by Jerome Robbins Originally Produced on Broadway by Robert E. Grif th and Harold S. Prince By Arrangement with Roger L. Stevens CAST OF CHARACTERS Tony Ryan McCartan + Maria Kanisha Feliciano + Anita Amanda Castro The Jets Riff Brett Thiele Action Nathan Keen + A-Rab Kyle Coffman + Baby John Maurice Dawkins + Big Deal Matthew Aaron Liotine + Diesel Thomas Sutter + Snowboy Steven Blandino + Gee-Tar Michael Francis McBride Tiger Michael Olaribigbe + Jet Girls Graziella Laura Savage Velma Paige Fraser Minnie Whitney Cooper + Clarice Morgan McDaniel Pauline Julia Fleckenstein + Anybodys Ayden Pratt + The Sharks Bernardo Yurel Echezarreta + Chino Mark Daniel Aguirre + Pepe Joseph A. Hernandez Indio Jorge Guerra + Luis Alex Aponte + Anxious Dean De Luna + Nibbles Andres Acosta + Juano Martin Ortiz Tapia Toro Henry Julián Gendron + Shark Girls Rosalia Joy Del Valle + Consuelo Orianna Hilliard + Francisca Abigail Paschke + Teresita Natalia Nieves-Melchor + Estella Kiana Rodriguez + Margarita Monica Garcia Bradley + The Adults Doc Genevieve VenJohnson + Lt. Schrank Keith Kupferer + Of cer Krupke John Lister Glad Hand Lillian Castillo + Ensemble: Geoffrey Agpalo, Hoss Brock, William M. Combs, Desiree Hassler, Marie Sokolova, Vince Wallace, Corinne Wallace-Crane, Nicholas Ward, Ron Watkins, Nikolas Wenzel, Tara Wheeker, Michelle K. Wrighte Understudies: Jeffrey Kringer – Tony ; Joy Del Valle – Maria ; Orianna Hilliard – Anita ; Kyle Coffman – Riff ; Josh Zacher – Action ; Steven Blandino – A-Rab ; Michael Francis McBride – Baby John ; Jorge Guerra – Bernardo ; Alex Aponte – Chino ; Whitney Cooper – Graziella ; Julia Fleckenstein – Anybodys ; Abigail Paschke – Rosalia ; John Lister – Lt. Schrank ; Alexis Roston – Doc , Glad Hand ; Nikolas Wenzel – Of cer Krupke Swings: Amy Romero + , Josh Zacher + First performed at the Winter Garden Theatre,New York,on September 26,1957. First performed by Lyric Opera of Chicago on May 3,2019.