Clippings

The word on West Side Story reached the general public through any number of write-ups and ads in newspapers and magazines. Included in this display of yellowing newsprint and aging rotogravure are

A cross-section of coverage from two Sunday magazine supplements and a weekly picture magazine.

A couple of samples of the ads that appeared in magazines during the Broadway run.

Some print ads for the original cast album, for a record of selections performed by the London leads, and for the Grammy-award winning Stan Kenton LP. In addition to the West Side Story cast photographed during their recording session [top left], other Broadway performers hawking their contemporaneous cast albums are [left] Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison (My Fair Lady), and Judy Holliday (Bells Are Ringing). Miss Holliday and Mister Harrison appear again in the center clipping. On the far right are Susan Johnson (The Most Happy Fella) and Stubby Kaye (Li'l Abner).

The notices from the 1964 City Center revival, personally clipped by your Web Host from six of the New York daily newspapers.

A clipping of the New York Times review, which appeared the morning after the Broadway premiere