West Side Story?

I saw the Saturday evening performance and although there were some obvious troubles in the second act, thought the show was acceptable as a “potted” performance. Well done. A demanding undertaking indeed. I concur Walter Musician. I have seen many shows and have a basic but good understanding of how complex it can be to pull off such a challenge as West Side Story. The pathetic comments of both bhodgehead81 and sillydansingurl display a total lack of understanding of the production requirements for staging such a demanding show and display the pathetic ego of both people. The venue was not a theatre and obviously had limited facilities. It showed that there was inadequate rehearsal for the musicians. The cast did a great job but considering the amount of time the cast had to work on their parts (some 4 months, I was told) it was disappointing to hear them vocally mess up the songs and to see some clumsy moves. The conductor was at times singing the parts to the performers from a distance trying to get them in time and had a job of it all and to her credit was the unsung hero of the performance. Bravo! Not blaming anybody but "a chain is only as strong as its weakest link". This is true for everyone and was apparent in every part of the performance. Lets face it, if we wanted to crucify the production (as some have done) we would simply bag everyone, but as there is no point being that negative, how about encouraging the performers and looking at fixing the problems. Gerald