David Newman conducts Bernstein’s “West Side Story” Film with Live Orchestra

8:00 pm Saturday, July 28, 2018
Tanglewood Music Festival
Koussevitzky Music Shed Lenox, Massachusetts, United States

David Newman, conductor

Experience a thrilling presentation of this iconic film and winner of ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The Boston Symphony plays Leonard Bernstein’s electrifying score live, while the newly remastered film is shown on large screens in high definition with the original vocals and dialogue intact. This classic romantic tragedy, directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, and with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, is one of the greatest achievements in the history of movie musicals. It features Robbins’ breathtaking choreography and a screenplay by Ernest Lehman based on the masterful book by Arthur Laurents.

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