Read more West Side Story stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/28468/west-side-story.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorFri, 25 May 2012 07:50:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/117974/west-side-story-playwright-arthur-laurents-dead-at-93.htmlRob Quinn<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=812093&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110506061714' border='0' />Arthur Laurents, writer of landmark Broadway musicals including West Side Story and Gypsy , has died at his Manhattan home at the age of 93. Laurents' career as a playwright spanned seven decades. He also enjoyed success as a director and as screenwriter of movie classics including Rope and The Way...Composer Richard Rodgers, left, lyricist Stephen Sondheim, right, and playwright Arthur Laurents are shown in 1964 as they begin work on the musical "Do I Hear a Waltz?"http://www.newser.com/story/117974/west-side-story-playwright-arthur-laurents-dead-at-93.htmlFri, 06 May 2011 02:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/108506/sondheim-west-side-story-lyrics-embarrassing.htmlEvann Gastaldo<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=787766&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331175422' border='0' />When Stephen Sondheim thinks about the lyrics he wrote for West Side Story —for example, “It’s alarming how charming I feel”—he likes to “put my head under my wing and pretend I’m not there,” he tells Nightline . The universally beloved musical “embarrasses me,” he says. “It's very hard for...In this Dec. 3, 2007 file photo, composer Stephen Sondheim arrives at the premiere of "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York.http://www.newser.com/story/108506/sondheim-west-side-story-lyrics-embarrassing.htmlWed, 29 Dec 2010 10:46:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/53890/new-bilingual-west-side-story-tender-uneven.htmlEvann Gastaldo<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=192020&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331230825' border='0' />The highly anticipated revival of West Side Story on Broadway opened last night to solid reviews, with critics applauding an unusually tender interpretation in which the women rule. Highlights: “Even when they’re flashing switchblades and kicking people in the ribs, the teenage hoodlums who maraud through Arthur Laurents’s startlingly sweet...In this image released by Barlow-Hartman Public Relations, Matt Cavenaugh as Tony and Josefina Scaglione as Maria perform in a scene from the Broadway revival of "West Side Story."http://www.newser.com/story/53890/new-bilingual-west-side-story-tender-uneven.htmlFri, 20 Mar 2009 11:44:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23140/25-memorable-movie-musicals.htmlMichael Quinn<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=90854&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20111031140534' border='0' />With Sweeney Todd now out on DVD, Entertainment Weekly rounds up the mag's 25 favorite movie musicals. Some you've surely seen ( West Side Story, Grease, the Sound of Music ) but here are 10 you may have missed. Funny Girl (1968) Swing Time (1936)The kids from "South Park" can sing, too.http://www.newser.com/story/23140/25-memorable-movie-musicals.htmlTue, 08 Apr 2008 09:52:41 CDT