West Side Story National Tour Set for Fall 2010
The national tour of Broadway’s current revival of West Side Story will begin in the fall of 2010, producers announced today. Tour locations, dates and casting will be released shortly. West Side Story, directed by Arthur Laurents, is currently playing at The Palace Theater. The show opened March 19.
Producers also released news that the hit revival has shattered Palace box office records, logging the highest weekly gross for two consecutive weeks with sales of $1,234,652 for the week ending April 5, 2009, and $1,308,787 for the week ending April, 12, 2009. The previous record was held by former Palace occupant Legally Blonde.
The Broadway production currently stars Matt Cavenaugh as Tony, Karen Olivo as Anita, Cody Green as Riff, George Akram as Bernardo and Josefina Scaglione as Maria. West Side Story also features Steve Bassett as Lt. Schrank, Mike Cannon as Snowboy, Kyle Coffman as A-Rab, Joey Haro as Chino, Eric Hatch as Big Deal, Curtis Holbrook as Action, Michael Mastro as Glad Hand, Lee Sellars as Krupke, Tro Shaw as Anybodys, Ryan Steele as Baby John and Greg Vinkler as Doc.
The cast also includes Nicholas Barasch, Kyle Brenn, Joshua Buscher, Isaac Calpito, Haley Carlucci, Peter Chursin, Madeline Cintron, Lindsay Dunn, Yurel Echezarreta, John Arthur Greene, Manuel Herrera, Matthew Hydzik, Marina Lazzaretto, Chase Madigan, Yanira Marin, Mileyka Mateo, Kaitlin Mesh, Angelina Mullins, Kat Nejat, Christian Elán Ortiz, Pamela Otterson, Danielle Polanco, Sam Rogers, Michael Rosen, Amy Ryerson, Jennifer Sanchez, Manuel Santos, Michaeljon Slinger, Tanairi Sade Vazquez and Mark Zimmerman.
