Producers of the Tony Award-nominated revival of West Side Story announced Aug. 25 that slight lyric changes were implemented into the production at Broadway's Palace Theatre on Aug. 20.
Two songs that had been performed in Spanish since the show's opening — "A Boy Like That" ("Un Hombre Asi"), sung by Tony winner Karen Olivo, and "I Feel Pretty" ("Siento Hermosa"), led by Tony nominee Josefina Scaglione — are now delivered mostly in English. The Spanish sung by the Sharks in the "Tonight" (Quintet) remains.
The remainder of the score had been delivered with the original Stephen Sondheim lyrics since the show's opening.
"'A Boy Like That' is now predominately sung in English to the original lyrics and selected dialogue and lyrics in 'I Feel Pretty' have reverted to English," according to the press announcement.
In a statement Arthur Laurents, who penned West Side Story's book and directed this production said, "From the outset, the Spanish in West Side Story was an experiment. It's been an ongoing process of finding what worked and what didn't, and it still continues."
My opinion of this is...Once you open a show on broadway... no changes should be made... Nobody will get to experience what other people did, now its a whole new meaning...So sad there is no more Spanish on this.Hopefully the National Tour will keep the Spanish lyrics
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