West Side Story on Sydney Harbour review: like falling in love for the first time
Under a canopy of stars and a backdrop of water, this revival digs deep to uncover the musical’s beating heart
September 2023
From Audrey Hepburn to Zac Efron: a brief history of dubbed singing in Hollywood
Christopher Plummer isn’t the only star to discover his voice replaced in the movie’s final cut
March 2022
‘Did I miss anything?’: the best quotes of the 2022 Oscars
Blockbuster or bladderburster? Why movie intermissions must return – now!
December 2021
And the 2021 Braddies go to … Peter Bradshaw’s film picks of the year
Steven Spielberg on making West Side Story with Stephen Sondheim: ‘I called him SS1!’
West Side Story banned in parts of Middle East over trans character – report
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It review – vampish and sharp as a stiletto
November 2021
Stephen Sondheim obituary
Stephen Sondheim: a daring and dazzling musical theatre icon
October 2021
West Side Story at 60: the dazzlingly modern musical that’ll be hard to beat
With Steven Spielberg’s remake almost out, the 1961 original still feels thrillingly contemporary, a tough act to follow
December 2020
2021 culture preview
'You should get one with your Covid jab': can musicals save cinema?
They led the fightback against the Great Depression. Now, after a year that left the planet in anguish and movie-going in dire straits, get ready for a joyous, high-kicking year of singing and dancing
March 2020
Somewhere: the aching sound of West Side Story's plea for utopia
Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein’s ballad, which yearns for a safe place where love abounds, reflects 50s America and endures today
February 2020
'We can't stand by this any more': inside the West Side Story premiere protest
West Side Story review – gritty Broadway revival is a bold blockbuster
December 2019
The most anticipated movies of 2020
The most exciting movies of 2020 – musicals
Spielberg retells West Side Story, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s pre-Hamilton hit finally arrives, while Everyone’s Talking About Jamie transfers from the West End
April 2019
No mean feat: how West Side Story's dance rumbles got reinvented
The Sharks-v-Jets classic is told with Jerome Robbins’ ‘perfect’ moves, admits Aletta Collins. How did she create new ones?
March 2019
A tale of two West Side Stories: musical theatre to heal your soul, but is it whitewashing?
Why is Opera Australia staging two different productions of the same show? Can we handle this much Maria and Tony, the contemporary Romeo and Juliet?
September 2017
How we made
How we made West Side Story
‘I wanted to be the first guy to use a four-letter word in a musical – but the line ended up as “krup you” instead’
July 2016
Marni Nixon obituary
The ‘ghost’ who sang for Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady, for Deborah Kerr in The King and I and for Natalie Wood in West Side Story
