Winter Garden Theatre, (9/26/1957 - 2/28/1959)
Broadway Theatre, (3/2/1959 - 5/10/1959)
Winter Garden Theatre, (5/11/1959 - 6/27/1959)

Category: Musical, Drama, Original, Broadway
Description: A musical in two acts and fifteen scenes
Setting: The West Side of New York City during the last days of Summer. 1957.

Opening Night Production Credits [see more]

Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization

Produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince; Produced by arrangement with Roger L. Stevens

Book by Arthur Laurents; Conceived by Jerome Robbins; Music by Leonard Bernstein; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Musical Director: Max Goberman; Music orchestrated by Leonard Bernstein; Co - Orchestrator: Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal

Directed by Jerome Robbins; Choreographed by Jerome Robbins; Co - Choreographer: Peter Gennaro

Scenic Design by Oliver Smith; Costume Design by Irene Sharaff; Lighting Design by Jean Rosenthal; Sound Design by Sound Associates, Inc.

General Manager: Carl Fisher; Company Manager: Clarence Jacobson

Production Stage Manager: Ruth Mitchell; Stage Manager: Harry Howell

Copyist Supervisor: Arnold Arnstein

Press Representative: Reuben Rabinovitch, Helen Richards and Howard Newman; Casting: Judith Abbott and Betty Wharton; Advertising: Ingram Ash; Production Associate: Sylvia Drulie

Mickey Calin	Riff The Leader, The Jets
Larry Kert	Tony Riff's Friend
Carol Lawrence	Maria Bernardo's Sister
Ken Le Roy	Bernardo The Leader, The Sharks
Chita Rivera	Anita Bernardo's Girl
Art Smith	Doc One of the Adults
Lee Becker	Anybodys A Jet
Grover Dale	Snowboy A Jet
Arch Johnson	Schrank One of the Adults
Tony Mordente	A-Rab A Jet
Eddie Roll	Action A Jet
David Winters	Baby John A Jet
Tommy Abbott	Gee-Tar A Jet
William Bramley	Krupke One of the Adults
Hank Brunjes	Diesel A Jet
Erne Castaldo	Toro A Shark
Martin Charnin	Big Deal A Jet
Marilyn Cooper	Rosalia One of the Sharks' Girls
Wilma Curley	Graziella One of the Jets' Girls
Carole D'Andrea	Velma One of the Jets' Girls
Al De Sio	Luis A Shark
Marilyn D'Honau	Clarice One of the Jets' Girls
Gene Gavin	Anxious A Shark
Frank Green	Mouth Piece A Jet
Reri Grist	Consuela One of the Sharks' Girls
Carmen Gutierrez	Teresita One of the Sharks' Girls
John Harkins	Gladhand One of the Adults
Lowell Harris	Tiger A Jet
Ronnie Lee	Nibbles A Shark
George Marcy	Pepe A Shark
Jack Murray	Moose A Shark
Jay Norman	Juano A Shark
Julie Oser	Pauline One of the Jets' Girls
Liane Plane	Marguerita One of the Sharks' Girls
Nanette Rosen	Minnie One of the Jets' Girls
Lynn Ross	Estella One of the Sharks' Girls
Jamie Sanchez	Chino Bernardo's Friend
Noel Schwartz	Indio A Shark
Elizabeth Taylor	Francisca One of the Sharks' Girls

Swings: Larry Roquemore, Marc Scott.

Standbys: Stephanie Augustine (Maria), Muriel Bentley (Anita), Marlys Watters (Maria).

Understudies: Hank Brunjes (Riff), Erne Castaldo (Chino), Martin Charnin (Snowboy), Marilyn Cooper (Consuela), Grover Dale (Big Deal), Carole D'Andrea (Anybodys), Al De Sio (A-Rab, Baby John), Frank Green (Tony), Reri Grist (Rosalia), John Harkins (Doc, Schrank), Alan Johnson (Shark), George Marcy (Bernardo), Jack Murray (Krupke), Liane Plane (Anita), Lynn Ross (Consuela), Noel Schwartz (Action).