NEW YORK TIMES
"A profoundly moving show, an incandescent piece of work. Everything contributes to the total impression of wildness, ecstacy and anguish. This is one of those occasions when theater people are all in top form."

Brooks Atkinson

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM & SUN
"There was star stuff falling last night. West Side Story is a marvel peculiar to this country. There is no end of fun."

Frank Aston

NEW YORK POST
"West Side Story adds to the dramatic power of the American musical theatre. It has power and feeling. A moving and beautiful performance by Carol Lawrence. Larry Kert is excellent."

Richard Watts

NEW YORK DAILY MIRROR
"A sensational hit! It has tremendous drive, earthy humor and simple beauty. Magnificent staging by Jerome Robbins. Chita Rivera lights up like a handful of Fourth of July sparklers. As up to the minute as tomorrow's headlines."

Robert Coleman

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
"A splendid and super modern musical. The company itself is the star of the show. These boys and girls sing, dance and act with such skill and sincerity that they bring the audience out of its seats and up on the stage with them. A perfect production."

John Chapman

NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE
"The radioactive fallout from West Side Story must still be descending on Broadway this morning. The most savage, restless, electrifying dance patterns we've been exposed to in a dozen seasons. The show rides with a catastrophic roar."

Walter Kerr

NEW YORK JOURNAL-AMERICAN
"An overwhemling hit! Leonard Bernstein's music is always magnificent. The story by Arthur Laurents is only wonderful. Stephen Sondheim has gone all the way with the mood in his lyrics. West Side Story is just great."

John McClain

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