Richard Carroll is joined by the fabulous, hilarious, knowledgeable, and bi-lingual (but not in Spanish) Julia Zemiro to discuss West Side Story. One of the most famous and influential musicals of all time, West Side Story brought together some of the giants of the genre - Jerome Robbins, Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. Based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the musical broke new ground in its subject matter, and its use of integrated choreography to advance storytelling in ways never seen before.
Richard and Julia go through the creation of the show, memorable productions through history, and the movie adaptation - as well as touching on Rita Moreno's EGOT, Julia's own memorable audition for the show, and Cher's unmissable one-woman version.
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Hosted by Richard Carroll
Theme tune composed and performed by Brent Hill
Artwork by Mils Achi
Introduction spoken by Leo Campbell