Cavenaugh, Green, Olivo, Scaglione, et al. Set for West Side Story

The full cast and creative team have been announced for the revival of the landmark 1957 musical West Side Story, which will play Washington D.C.’s National Theatre December 16-January 17, before moving to Broadway’s Palace Theatre on February 23. The production, which will open officially on March 19, will be directed by Arthur Laurents, the show’s librettist, and the original Jerome Robbins choreography will be restaged by Tony Award nominee Joey McKneely.

The show, which features music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, transports Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to the turbulent streets of the Upper West Side in 1950’s New York City as two star-crossed lovers, Tony and Maria, find themselves caught between the rival street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds, the “Jets” and the “Sharks.” Laurents’ revised libretto will interweave Spanish throughout certain segments of the book and score.

The cast will feature Matt Cavenaugh as “Tony,” Josefina Scaglione as “Maria,” Karen Olivo as “Anita,” Cody Green as “Riff,” George Akram as “Bernardo,” Steve Bassett as “Lt. Schrank,” Kyle Brenn as “Boy Soprano,” Joshua Buscher as “Diesel,” Mike Cannon as “Snowboy,” Kyle Coffman as “A-Rab,” Joey Haro as “Chino,” Eric Hatch as “Big Deal,” Curtis Holbrook as “Action,” Michael Mastro as “Glad Hand” Danielle Polanco as “Consuela,” Jennifer Sanchez as “Rosalia,” Lee Sellars as “Krupke,” Tro Shaw as “Anybodys,” Ryan Steele as “Baby John,” and Greg Vinkler as “Doc.”

The show will also feature Madeline Cintron, Lindsay Dunn, Matthew Hydzik, Marina Lazzaretto, Chase Madigan, Kaitlin Mesh, Pamela Otterson, Sam Rogers and Amy Ryerson as “The Jets” and Isaac Calpito, Haley Carlucci, Peter John Chursin, Yurel Echezaretta, Manuel Herrera, Yanira Marin, Mileyka Mateo, Kat Nejat, Christian Elan Ortez, Michael Rosen, Manuel Santos, Michaeljon Slinger and Tanairi Sade Vazquez as “The Sharks.”

The production will feature scenic design by James Youmans, costumes by David C. Woolard, lighting by Howell Binkley, and sound design by Dan Moses Schreier.