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It was Jerome Robbins who conceived the idea of a Broadway musical about New York street gangs, based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. In West Side Story, Montagues and Capulets are transformed into rival gangs, the Jets (local white youths) and Sharks (Puerto Rican immigrants), thus broadening the territory of the musical to include the ...
Jul 29, 1998 · Jerome Robbins is world renowned for his work as a choreographer of ballets as well as his work as a director and choreographer in theater, movies and television. His Broadway shows include On the Town, Billion Dollar Baby, High Button Shoes, West Side Story, The King and I, Gypsy, Peter Pan, Miss Liberty, Call Me Madam, and Fiddler on the Roof.
All in all, the book does show that the two real luminaries of the choreographer-director profession were Jerome Robbins and Michael Bennett with every one else only secondary figures. Robert Emmet Long's short review of current artists in that position is interesting, not least because he gives prominence to Graciela Daniele to a degree I wasn't aware of before.
- Robert Emmet Long
Jul 30, 1998 · Jerome Robbins, one of 20th-century ballet's greatest choreographers and a towering innovator in Broadway musicals, dies at age of 79; Robbins helped shape New York City Ballet's creative profile ...
Nov 4, 2019 · He spent most of his post-Broadway years with the company, taking a brief leave in 1988 to stage a retrospective look at his contribution to musical theatre dance, "Jerome Robbins' Broadway." The ...
Jerome Robbins was an American theater producer and dance choreographer best known for his work in Broadway Theater and ballet/dance. A multi-faceted individual, his work ranged from classical ballet to contemporary musical theater, and he also occasionally directed films and television programs. Born into a family of Russian Jewish immigrants ...
Feb 19, 2020 · The 1961 movie version, co-directed and choreographed by Robbins, won 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. West Side Story subsequently had a return engagement on Broadway in 1960 and a ...
