Ravinia 2019, Issue 3, Week 6

8:00 PM FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019 PAVILION West Side Story ® Associates SM presents MIRISCH PICTURES Presents WEST SIDE STORY A ROBERT WISE Production Starring NATALIE WOOD RICHARD BEYMER RUSS TAMBLYN RITA MORENO GEORGE CHAKIRIS Directed by ROBERT WISE & JEROME ROBBINS Screenplay by ERNEST LEHMAN Associate Producer SAUL CHAPLIN Choreography by JEROME ROBBINS Music by LEONARD BERNSTEIN Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM Based Upon the Stage Play Produced by ROBERT E. GRIFFITH & HAROLD S. PRINCE Book by ARTHUR LAURENTS Play Conceived, Directed, and Choreographed by JEROME ROBBINS Film Production Designed by BORIS LEVEN Music Conducted by JOHNNY GREEN Presented by MIRISCH PICTURES, INC. In Association with SEVEN ARTS PRODUCTIONS INC. Filmed in PANAVISION ® TECHNICOLOR ® Film screening of West Side Story courtesy of Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios Inc. West Side Story © 1961 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved. West Side Story is available on Blu-Ray, DVD, and all digital platforms. Tonight’s program is a presentation of the complete film West Side Story with live performance of the film’s entire score. The program runs 2 hours and 34 minutes, plus an intermission. It also includes the underscoring played by the orchestra during the Saul Bass–designed End Credits. We ask that out of respect for the music, for the musicians playing it, and for your fellow audience members, you remain seated until the End Credits are completed. Ravinia expresses its appreciation for the generous support of the West Side Story Consortium , which comprises two anonymous donors, Jane and David Casper, Don and Susan Civgin, Sheila and Harvey Medvin, Kenneth and Jodi Meister, Mesirow Financial, Barry and Amita Poll, Stuart Sondheimer and Bonnie Lucas, Bobette Takiff, Paul and Mary Yovovich, and Nancy Zadek. RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JULY 8 – JULY 14, 2019 94