West Side Story in Russian?

[Alexandra Smith]

Dear Tony,

According to various sources, the first Soviet production of "Westside  
Story" was undertaken by the National Opera theatre "Estonia". See  
these links:
http://www.opera.ee/?class=document&action=print&section=31304
http://www.moles.ee/04/Dec/24/15-1.php
http://www.bolshoi.ru/ru/theatre/people/detail.php?act26=info&id26=541
Another production was undertaken by the Leningrad Leninsky Komsomol  
theatre in the 1960s (directed by Tovstonogov). See this source:  
http://collection.cross-edu.ru/dlrstore/b2a15c03-fc5a-322b-2b1b-5f01767728e6/1010534A.htm
other sources state that the Lenigrad production took place in 1969,  
and the Moscow one took place in 1965 (Moscow theatre of operetta).  
See these references:  
http://www.kino-teatr.ru/teatr/press/y2010/6-28/1366/
http://gdechego.ru/articles/muzikl_vestsaydskaya_istoriya/
http://afisha.megansk.ru/archives/905

All best,
Sasha Smith





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Quoting Margarita Nafpaktitis <nafpaktitism at VIRGINIA.EDU>:

> And please post the information to the list?  Thank you! - Margarita
> Nafpaktitis
>
> On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Tony Anemone <AnemoneA at newschool.edu>wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> A colleague of mine from American History has come across mention of a 1964
>> performance of West Side Story in Russia with a text "skewed for political
>> purposes," and asks if anyone has any ideas if the text exists and where.
>>  Any suggestions (leads) will, as always, be appreciated.
>>
>> Tony
>>
>>
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