...AND THE WINNER IS:
Here are only some of the honors bestowed upon the master work.

	ANTOINETTE PERRY AWARDS 1957 Best Choreography Jerome Robbins Best Scenic Design Oliver Smith 2009 Best Performance, Featured Actress in a Musical Karen Olivo Other nominations (1957) West Side Story Musical --Robert Griffith and Harold Prince, Producers Carol Lawrence Featured Actress in a Musical Max Goberman Conductor and Musical Director Irene Sharaff Costume Design Other nominations (1964) West Side Story Musical --City Center Light Opera Company, Producers Charles Jaffe Conductor and Musical Director Other nominations (1980) West Side Story Revival ("Reproduction of a Musical") Jossie De Guzman Featured Actress in a Musical Debbie Allen Featured Actress in a Musical Other nominations (2009) West Side Story ("Revival of a Musical") Josefina Scaglione Leading Actress in a Musical Howell Binkley, Lighting Design of a Musical
	...and the Oscar goes to: Best Picture West Side Story Best Director Robert Wise Jerome Robbins Best Supporting Actor George Chakiris Best Supporting Actress Rita Moreno Best Cinematography -- Color Daniel L. Fapp Best Art Director -- Color Boris Leven, Art Direction Victor Gangelin, Set Decoration Best Sound Fred Hynes Sound Director -- Todd-AO Gordon E. Sawyer Sound Director -- Samuel Goldwyn Studio Best Scoring of a Motion Picture Saul Chaplin Johnny Green Sid Ramin Irwin Kostal Best Film Editing Thomas Stanford Best Costume Design -- Color Irene Sharaff Honorary Award Jerome Robbins "For his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film." Also nominated Ernest Lehman Adapted Screenplay
	GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS Best Musical West Side Story Best Supporting Actor George Chakiris Best Supporting Actress Rita Moreno Special Award Richard Beymer --New Star of the Year Other nominations Richard Beymer Actor in a Leading Role, Musical or Comedy Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins Director George Chakiris New Star of the Year
	GRAMMY AWARDS 1961 Best Motion Picture or Television Soundtrack West Side Story Best Jazz Performance - Large Group, Instrumental Stan Kenton Kenton's West Side Story 1985 Best Cast Show Album West Side Story Deutsche Grammophon, Conducted by Leonard Bernstein 2010 Best Musical Show Album West Side Story Broadway Revival Cast Recording, Conducted by Patrick Vaccariello Best Instrumental Arrangement "West Side Story Medley" Bill Cunliffe, arranger (Resonance Big Band) Other nominations (1961) Stan Kenton, Kenton's West Side Story Best Performance by an Orchestra for Other than Dancing Album of the Year West Side Story Soundtrack -- Johnny Green, Musical Director
	New York Film Critics Best Motion Picture West Side Story
	Writers Guild of America Best Screenplay, American Musical Ernest Lehman
	Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins Robert Relyea, Assistant Director
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