Members of the Jets gang dance during one of the many singing and dancing numbers in the Broadway touring production of “West Side Story.”IF YOU GO* What: “West Side Story.”* When: 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Nov. 1-2.* Where: Memorial Auditorium, 399 McCallie Ave.* Admission: $41.50-$67 (plus fees).* Phone: 423-642-8497, 423-757-5050.* Website: www.ChattanoogaOnStage.com.
Jarrad Biron Green had just finished playing the lead role of Tony in “West Side Story” at New York University last spring when he learned of an open call for the same role for an upcoming national tour.
“What the heck,” he said he remembered thinking. “I’m probably not going to get it, but I’ll go for the experience.”
More than six months later, Green – now the classic musical’s Tony – is in Chattanooga preparing for the opening of the tour.
That tour of the Tony Award-winning play, inspired by William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” opens Friday and Saturday, Nov. 1-2, at Memorial Auditorium.