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October 16, 2019
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The Sharks and Jets rumble in Stumptown Stages’ production of West Side Story, now playing through Oct. 27 at the Portland’5 Center for the Arts’ Winningstad Theater.
Impactful ‘West Side
Story’ on Portland Stage
From the first notes to the final breath, West Side
Story is one of the most memorable musicals and
greatest love stories of all time – a story of survival
in a world of hate, violence and prejudice.
Sheakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is transport-
ed to modern-day New York City as two young,
idealistic lovers find themselves caught between
warring street gangs, the “American” Jets and the
Puerto Rican Sharks.
Warring
Sides
Rumble
Portland’s Stumptown Stages brings this power-
ful, poignant and still timely musical to the Port-
land-5 Center for the Arts’ Winningstad Theater
with performances now showing through Oct. 27.
“(The musical’s) themes resonate as soundly to-
day as when first written. More than ever we need
engagement that recognizes the importance of
‘one hand, one heart,’ leading the way to positive
change,” said Kirk Mouser, Stumptown Stages’
producing artistic director.
For tickets and more information, call 1-800-
273-1530 or visit the box office at 1111 S.W.
Broadway Ave.