Year: 1961 

Running Time: 152 Minutes

West Side Story takes Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers, and places them in the vibrant battleground of New York City’s West Side in the 1950s. In the midst of the deep-seated rivalry between the Puerto Rican gang, the Sharks, and the white gang, the Jets, Maria and Tony discover that ancient grudges are no match for true love. Their warring factions, however, refuse to back down, and the “rumbles”, romance, and resentment lead the bloody path to the lovers’ ultimate, tragic conclusion With soaring, sophisticated, and diverse melodies, energetic and athletic dance battles, and its remarkably salient social message, West Side Story remains one of American musical theatre’s most revolutionary and most loved treasures.
 
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Danny Epperson is the host of Cinema 15 on WHRO-TV 15. Along with his hosting duties each week, Danny is WHRO’s Senior Producer. He’s behind various programs and podcasts including WHRO’s weekly Curate TV series, the online arts series Curate 757, the always-entertaining Mal’s World weekly podcast, along radio segments on HearSay with Cathy Lewis on WHRV-FM. Danny is a Hampton Roads native and a graduate of Christopher Newport University. He’s a two-time Emmy Award winner, born and raised in Suffolk, Virginia, who began his broadcast career at WTKR-TV, in Norfolk, as a news producer. Before joining WHRO Public Media, Danny also produced news programs, specials, celebrity interview segments and movie reviews at WAVY-TV in Portsmouth. A life-long movie buff, Danny is very pleased to bring you commercial-free classic films each week on Cinema 15.