West Side Story revival casting ideas

[RW3]

Posted: 11/8/15 at 11:12pm

I have been on this WSS kick this weekend and was thinking if someone gave me a couple million dollars to do a revival of WSS, who would I cast in it? Now, I am posing this question to you guys. Who would you cast in your ideal WSS revival?

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 11/9/15 at 8:24am

If someone gave you a couple million dollars, you wouldn't get further than a major city center in your state. Try doing that in NY, and you'd be told your numbers are way too low. A Broadway show on the low end is roughly ten-and-a-half, maybe fifteen, million dollars these days.

 

Also, one typically does not open a dream casting thread without sharing their own ideas first, but that's your prerogative.

[Hamilton22]

Posted: 11/9/15 at 9:11am

No more West Side Story revivals.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 11/9/15 at 9:14am

No more dream casting threads.

[HorseTears]

Posted: 11/9/15 at 9:17am

Cheets Rivera as Officer Krupke 

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 11/9/15 at 9:52am

We JUST had a West Side Story revival.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 11/9/15 at 9:53am

 

 

[PalJoey]

Posted: 11/9/15 at 9:54am

 

Cher plays ALL the parts.

 

 

[mistermanifesto]

Posted: 11/9/15 at 1:01pm

Preferably "ethnic" people to play the parts of the Sharks. Preferably Latino, but Asian or black would work too. I'm sick of listening another poor Spanish accent while watching/listening to West Side Story. Only flipping your r's while speaking English does NOT make it a Spanish accent. Good Lord. 

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 11/9/15 at 1:11pm

Signature Theater in Arlington is doing a production of WSS next month, if anyone is that eagerly dying to see the show again.

[ljay889]

Posted: 11/9/15 at 2:25pm

Also Papermill is doing the show in the spring. We could dream cast the production but it'll probably end up being mostly unknowns.

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 11/10/15 at 11:01am

My vote would be a somewhat revisionist take on WSS, which I outline in more detail here.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 11/10/15 at 11:16am

 

I’m sure I’m not the only one who has heard of the apocryphal “dancer’s ‘Jet Song’ parody”:

“When you’re a Jet
You’re a Jet all the way
From your first pirouette
To your last grand jeté”

 

It's not apocryphal. It's by Brian Kaman, who played Baby John in the 980 Broadway revival.

 

 

[BroadwayGuy12]

Posted: 11/10/15 at 11:25am

It's also returning to NYC for a few days in March thanks to Carnegie Hall, with Skylar Astin as Tony and Bianca Marroquin as Anita.

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/skylar-astin-will-be-tony-in-new-york-west-side-story-in-march-366373

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 11/10/15 at 11:26am

PalJoey said: "It's not apocryphal. It's by Brian Kaman, who played Baby John in the 1980 Broadway revival."

 

I will credit him accordingly.