{"id":5733,"date":"2017-12-07T14:24:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T12:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=5733"},"modified":"2017-12-07T14:24:49","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T12:24:49","slug":"west-side-story-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/12\/07\/west-side-story-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"West Side Story Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Returns by popular demand<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Opens 7 March 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the final season in South Africa \u2013 get your early bird tickets today!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5734\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/west-side-story-returns-header.jpg?resize=400%2C537\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/west-side-story-returns-header.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/west-side-story-returns-header.jpg?resize=223%2C300&amp;ssl=1 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After receiving rave reviews across the board from critics and audiences alike, this Fugard Theatre smash hit musical returns to the Artscape Opera House for one final season, from 7 March 2018. This phenomenal South African production with a superb cast of 40 is backed by a live philharmonic orchestra playing Leonard Bernstein\u2019s magnificent score which includes the world famous songs \u201cSomething\u2019s Coming\u201d, \u201cMaria\u201d, \u201cI Feel Pretty\u201d and \u201cTonight\u201d. 2018 marks the centenary year of Bernstein\u2019s birth.<\/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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefugard.com\/whats-on\/currently-on\/item\/west-side-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/online.computicket.com\/web\/event\/west_side_story\/1123789652\/0\/78636749\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book Now<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Returns by popular demand Opens 7 March 2018 This is the final season in South Africa \u2013 get your early bird tickets today! After receiving rave reviews across the board from critics and audiences alike, this Fugard Theatre smash hit musical returns to the Artscape Opera House for one final season, from 7 March 2018.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/12\/07\/west-side-story-returns\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">West Side Story Returns<\/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":[102],"class_list":["post-5733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theatre","tag-the-fugard","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5733","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=5733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}