Join Breck Film and the National Repertory Orchestra (NRO) for an interactive conversation with Jamie Bernstein, author, narrator, filmmaker and daughter of composer Leonard Bernstein, and NRO Music Director Michael Stern after the screening of Steven Spielberg’s film West Side Story (2021).
The film is an adaption of the 1956 musical. West Side Story is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.
General Admission
The NRO will NOT be playing a live score with the film.
Film run time: 2.5 hours; intermission: 10-15 minutes; post-film discussion: 30 minutes
Rated: PG-13