The Arts In Berwick -- Theatre
West Side Story

In 1965 Berwick Operatic's production of West Side Story was a radical departure. Several older members resigned at that time.

Coming just four years after the film of that show it began a run of productions following on closely from the biggest hits of the day.

Things have now changed as Lloyd Webber musicals dominate the professional scene, and are not released for amateurs. The Operatic, like other groups, have to repeatedly re-stage older and older shows. Calamity Jane was staged in 2001 almost forty years after the film version.


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