Not to summarize the evening, just to address a couple of things mentioned in this thread.
First, in terms of when someone estimated the show would be over--it's always later at these things. The show usually starts a bit late, even later than 8 minutes after reported times, but it wasn't that long today...then again I think I got there at 6:30...but intermission...rich famous people do not like to be rushed! It was quite amusing, I knew this would happen, watching everyone in the lobby, watching them flash the lights and nobody move, watching people try to yell at them to return to their seats, nobody move, and finally when people were clearing out, passing the orchestra on my way up to mezz and hearing some people say...what do we do, how can we make them sit down? It was funny.
And Dollypop, in my people-watching, one of the faces I recognized was indeed Rob's. Sorry, didn't really notice his tux.
"If there was a Mount Rushmore for Broadway scores, "West Side Story" would be front and center. It snaps, it crackles it pops! It surges with a roar, its energy and sheer life undiminished by the years" - NYPost reviewer Elisabeth Vincentelli