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*CTG West Side Story

Date: May 30, 2015 - 8:00 pm
Time: 8:30 pm  to 

West Side Story is nearly ready to rock and rumble at the Canyon Theatre Guild! In this Tony Award winning musical,gang wars and forbidden love are the talk of the day, supported by Leonard Bernstein’s breathtaking score and Stephen Sondheim’s fierce, satirical and tender lyrics. Both give significance to this supremely crafted contemporary adaptation ofShakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Within the music and the dance, the beauty and poetry of an unfolding love story is portrayed as Romeo and Juliet become Maria and Tony. At the same time, much of the ugliness, agony and neuroticism of slum life in New York is captured as well.

 Patti Finley, a 20 year icon at the CTG, will direct this show as her farewell production to CTG, after which she’ll be bringing down the curtain here and moving on to far-flung escapades in the wilds of Idaho.  Ms. Finley has directed over 60 shows and almost single-handedly developed and grew CTG’s acclaimed Youth Theatre Institute.  She has truly been an outstanding advocate for the arts in our community. She will be missed!  With her expert direction, a stellar cast and spectacular music and dance numbers, West Side Story is an experience you won’t want to miss.

 

Performances are Fridays: June 5, 12, 19, 26 at 8 pm;  Saturdays, May 30 and June 6 at 8 pm, June 13, 20, 27 at 2 and 8 pm, Sundays:May 31, June 7, 14, 21, 28 at 2 pm. Call the CTG Box Office at 661-799-2702 for ticket information and reservations.

*CTG West Side Story