{"id":3371,"date":"2017-02-17T10:25:28","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T08:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=3371"},"modified":"2017-02-17T10:25:28","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T08:25:28","slug":"west-side-story-must-close-5-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/02\/17\/west-side-story-must-close-5-march\/","title":{"rendered":"West Side Story &#8211; Must Close 5 March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>West Side Story<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Now playing at the Joburg Theatre<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Must close 5 March!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3372\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/west-side-story-now-playing-header.jpg?resize=500%2C670\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/west-side-story-now-playing-header.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/west-side-story-now-playing-header.jpg?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After receiving rave reviews across the board from critics and audiences alike, this smash hit production is now playing at the Mandela Theatre (Joburg Theatre) until 5 March 2017, after enjoying a sold-out Cape Town run. This phenomenal 100% South African production with a superb cast of 40 is backed by a live philharmonic orchestra playing Bernstein\u2019s magnificent score which includes the world famous songs \u201cSomething\u2019s Coming\u201d, \u201cMaria\u201d, \u201cI Feel Pretty\u201d and \u201cTonight\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by Shakespeare\u2019s Romeo &amp; Juliet and set in mid-1950s New York, the musical explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two street gangs of different backgrounds. Tony, a former member of the Jets, falls in love with Maria, the sister of Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thefugardtheatre.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-uyutkit-gxcaj-g\/\" target=\"_blank\">Book now<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Side Story Now playing at the Joburg Theatre Must close 5 March! After receiving rave reviews across the board from critics and audiences alike, this smash hit production is now playing at the Mandela Theatre (Joburg Theatre) until 5 March 2017, after enjoying a sold-out Cape Town run. This phenomenal 100% South African production&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/02\/17\/west-side-story-must-close-5-march\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">West Side Story &#8211; Must Close 5 March<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theatre","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}