Putting It Together

There are so many different recordings of West Side Story. So let's talk about four of them! Zina Lee returns to discuss the musical, the recordings, and film adaptations.

Show Notes

There are so many different recordings of West Side Story. So let's talk about four of them! Zina Lee returns to discuss the musical, the recordings, and film adaptations.

You can follow Zina on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/zinajlee/

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We are using four productions to frame our discussion of West Side Story.
The Original Broadway Cast (1957) starring Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence, Ken LeRoy, and Chita Rivera.
You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/west-side-story-original-broadway-cast-recording/186302499
Or listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3knRTstKrILa8wx8IGGqn6?si=2Zp8BOvbTPmCpbzr4wgoQQ
Or buy it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/West-Side-Story-Larry-Kert/dp/B007IJKD6W/

The film version (1961) starring Richard Beymer, Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, and Rita Moreno.
You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/west-side-story-1961-motion-picture-soundtrack/394303992
Or listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1kA4RO70idrEQkOX3zlRfa?si=5MO05RHdRpSwqWDYCtMnNw
Or buy it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/West-Side-Story-Leonard-Bernstein/dp/B00023GGK8/

The album version (1984) starring Kiri Te Kanawa, José Carreras, Tatiana Troyanos, and Kurt Ollman.
You can listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3DCQhS6eII8WUExSzdN9sE?si=kIPP2uBAQgWFeIY2_07u8A
Or on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kVF8Tuuw2c8QCwpFKJGUUjGmxIIJ86AtQ

The Broadway revival (2009) starring Matt Cavenaugh, Josefina Scaglione, George Akram, and Karen Olivo.
You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/west-side-story-new-broadway-cast-recording-2009/316530985
Or listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2tMSkFy27VIZjBum94KbpD?si=zAAuIC_PQWymu0xfd_XR9Q
Or buy it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/West-Side-Story-Broadway-Recording/dp/B0021X5158/


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What is Putting It Together?

This is a podcast about Stephen Sondheim's entire body of work show by show and song by song. Each week Kyle Marshall invites an expert to discuss a Sondheim song in-depth. Together they discover the humour, how the songs inform character, and any hidden meanings. Most importantly they try to understand the man behind the music, the Shakespeare of our time, as best they can.