In Pursuit of the American Dream in Somewhere
It was the summer of 1959. West Side Story was the biggest hit on Broadway and filming on the movie was just beginning. The neighborhood of San Juan Hill on the West Side of Manhattan was in the process of being demolished, so Director Robert Wise took advantage of the demolition to film scenes among half-destroyed buildings, using the rubble to suggest […]



©Denver Center for the Performing Arts
©Denver Center for the Performing Arts

