West Side Story is one of the most spectacular musicals ever to be staged. The score by Leonard Bernstein, complete with jazzy rhythms and gorgeous romantic music, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and the moving story of rival gangs on NYC's West Side make for a compelling theatrical experience for both actors and audience members alike. In a modern re-telling of Romeo and Juliet, the  characters Tony and Maria fall in love against the backdrop of two feuding groups, the American 'Jets' and the Puerto Rican 'Sharks'.