The diverse production at City Heights Performance Annex was presented as a gift to the community and all seats were snapped up quickly
Two years to the month after the diversity-focused Teatro San Diego made its debut with a streaming version of “Songs for a New World,” the company is back this week with its biggest project to date: an ambitious production of “West Side Story” at the City Heights Performance Annex.
The classic 1961 musical by Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim and Jerome Robbins is challenging for even long-established, bigger-budget companies to pull off because of its heavy dance demands, large cast and orchestra needs. To be fair, this isn’t the full-scale production you’d see in a national tour. The scenery is minimal, the music is recorded, the singers perform without microphones and the juvenile gangs at the heart of the “Romeo and Juliet”-inspired story have just five or six members.
The lack of an orchestra and amplification allows the beautiful and rarely heard vocal harmonies coached by co-music directors Jerrica and Matt Ignacio to shine through. And in this production, audiences get to see the musical’s original dream ballet scene, which is cut from most productions.
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