I just got back, so let's see what I can add. The audience was fantastic, clapping and cheering for nearly everyone when they made their entrance, Maureen got second most and Sutton's seemed to last quite a while. Most songs and scenes also received very loud applause, you can definitely tell there was something special. The cast certainly gave their all-Maureen sounded magnificent and Sutton was great on almost all her songs, though I felt like Astonishing could have been a tad better. Oh well, still great.
I couldn't see expressions and/or if they were crying during most scenes because I was pretty far back, but at curtian call you could tell Maureen had been hysterical and Sutton was pretty red and teared up as she was making her speech, particularly about the electrician who had worked in the business for 46 years and was retiring and LW was his last show.
The stage door for the most part was great. Shortly, I shall start a thread about stage door etiquette and this guy that really pissed me off but anyway...Sutton was out first surprisingly, in a bit of a rush but signed mostly for everyone, she is a real sweetheart. The whole cast minus Maureen McGovern all came out and signed and talked to everyone and stayed for quite a while. Janet Carroll actually when she came out, before she started signing gave everyone at the stage door a quick speech about what a great audience we were and how appreciate she and everyone was of all the fans of the show, really nice. It was my first final show, and it certainly was special. I wish all the luck to the cast in future projects.
"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
