West Side Story @ The National Theater

Last night I got the amazing pleasure to see the 50th anniversary of the Broadway production of the West Side Story at the national theater in Washington dc. The show was absolutely amazing. It opened up with a Washington dc council member declaring this day to be Washington dc west side story day. The show started and as soon as the curtain opened I could truly feel the bent up aggression of the actors. I could see the sweat and anger of kids growing up in the west side and the turf battles they were about to pursue. The actors were ready for this opening night. They dance with excitement and vigor. We have all seen a high school production of this play when we were kids but this version was like calling out the NFL all star players for a real show down. I highly recommend this show. Go see it. There is not a bad seat in the house for this type of performance. Even if you get seats on the top level of the theater, the bouncing of the sound waves, sweat and tears that went into this production is bound to make you jump out of your seat by the end of the show humming “When you're a Jet, You're a Jet all the way From your first cigarette To your last dyin' day.

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( me and my friends seeing the show opening night at the national theater in Washington dc )