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Events on Thursday 26 September 1957 1
1957West Side Story premieres on BroadwayBernstein and Sondheim musical reimagines Romeo and JulietThe musical West Side Story, with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, opened at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York. Its story of rival street gangs in Manhattan became one of the most influential works in American musical theatre.