Tom Abbott News

The first national tour of the current Broadway production of WEST SIDE STORY is coming to Omaha. WEST SIDE STORY will be presented at the Orpheum Theater October 19 - 24, 2010 by Omaha Performing Arts and Broadway Across America. Tony Award-winning librettist Arthur Laurents' Broadway direction will be recreated for the tour by David Saint, the Associate Director on Broadway. The original Jerome Robbins choreography is reproduced by Tony Award-nominee Joey McKneely (The Boy from Oz, The Life).

Swing 46 Jazz & Supper Club, located at 349 West 46th Street, New York, NY, announces its 13th anniversary special. Swing 46 remains committed to the tradition of a 'great American legacy.' Their style, product, and catalogue of music is specialized in the swing era. One will find New York bandleaders and musicians live on stage nightly. The concept of dinner and dancing at Swing 46 is the norm and not the exception.

It was announced today that the upcoming previously announced revival of West Side Story will begin previews on February 23, 2009 with an official opening slated for March 19, 2009.

WEST SIDE STORY, the landmark American musical, will return to Broadway in a new production directed by two-time Tony Award winning librettist Arthur Laurents.