| JETS, SHARKS MEET AT TABLE IN PEACE ROBT. WISE HONORED, COPS NOT SUMMONED |
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| Members of both gangs gathered in peace in October 2002 to honor director Robert Wise at a special gala screening of "West Side Story." No arrests were reported. |
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| Details (thanks, Carlos) |
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| ALUMNI NEWSLETTER |
| CHITA IS HONORED IN NATION'S CAPITAL "Dance at Gym" performed |
| Broadway legend Chita Rivera was the recipient of the 2002 Kennedy Center Honors, joining the ranks of former honorees and co-WSS artists Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Stephen Sondheim, and Harold Prince. |
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| Ex-Jet Gives Up Streets, Writes Big Musical |
| Former Broadway gang hood Martin Charnin has gone straight and found indoor work as a talented music man. |
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| WEST SIDE STORY |
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| "IBIZA" NAMED TOP FILM DAVID WINTERS ACCEPTS PRIZE |
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| "Welcome 2 Ibiza" took top honors at the 2002 Bangkok Film Festival. The action comedy garnered the Audience Award for Best Picture, which was accepted by producer-director David Winters. |
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| NYC STREET NAMED FOR J ROBBINS Site associated with numerous ballets, "West Side" filming location |
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| Gangs Perform Together in New York City Lowell Harris Still Pretty Tall |
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| MUSICAL TURNS 50 |
| "West Side Story" Celebrates Golden Anniversary |
| More than two dozen members of the original Broadway company of "West Side Story" appeared in New York in December 2007, for a 50th-Anniversary reunion and benefit performance for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, topping off a joyful and sentimental year of celebration and remembrances. |
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