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      • London/British Tour and Studio Casts, 1959-1966 (Various Labels) (3 / 5) A note from Christopher Hamilton: “The Original London Cast Recording of West Side Story was only an EP with four songs — ‘Maria,’ ‘Tonight,’ ‘I Feel Pretty’ and ‘One Hand, One Heart’ — sung by Don McKay and Marlys Watters. It was released in 1959.
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  2. West Side Story is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, the story is set in the mid-1950s in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, then a multiracial, blue-collar neighborhood.

  3. Apr 28, 2021 · The only recordings made of the 1958 London cast of "West Side Story" were these four songs, released on a 45 disc, and featuring only the two leads -Don McKay and Marlys Watters- and their songs.

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  4. Originally set on the New York’s East Side, and conceived as a societal war between Jews and Gentiles, “West Side Story” eventually morphed into a tale of two street gangs, the mostly Puerto Rican gang, the Sharks vs. a group of young, working class white, the Jets.

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  5. Her Majesty's Theatre (London, England) December 12, 1958 - June 10, 1961 Tryout

  6. Album. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the CD release of "West Side Story (Original London Cast)" on Discogs.

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  7. Sep 28, 2011 · Summary. As historical documents, Broadway cast recordings preserve the performances of the original singers fresh from the stage, but as record albums they were conceived to be satisfying in purely aural terms.

  8. In 1961, a studio cast recording was released, conducted by Lawrence Leonard, who was the MD [musical director] on the original London production. The album featured George Chakiris (Riff) singing ‘Cool.’.

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