Posted by Stuart Howard Casting. Open auditions for the new Broadway production of ″West Side Story″. Rehearsals begin October 2008. 10:00 AM: Ready to dance. Young female ballet trained dancers for Jet girls and Shark girls. These are chorus roles. They should look late teens, but must be 16 yrs. old as of October 2008. We need both Caucasian and Puerto Rican dancers. We will type out. 2:00 PM: Ready to dance - jazz sneakers and knee pads. Young male ballet trained dancers for Jet boys and Shark boys. These are a mix of principal and chorus roles. They should look late teens, but must be 16 yrs. old as of October 2008. Jet boys must also sing well. We need both Caucasian and Puerto Rican dancers. We will type out. Saturday May 10 & Sunday May 11: Chelsea Studios, 151 West 26th Street, 5th floor.

Posted by Stuart Howard Casting. Open auditions for the new Broadway production of ″West Side Story″. Rehearsals begin October 2008. 10:00 AM: Young singers for the principal roles of Maria and Tony. They should look late teens, but must be 16 yrs. old as of October 2008. Maria is a sweet Puerto Rican soprano (to a high C) and Tony is a Caucasian baritone with tenor notes (to a high B). Bring a traditional Broadway song to sing (with sheet music, no boom boxes). We will type out. 2:00 PM: Ready to dance - jazz sneakers and knee pads. Young male ballet trained dancers for Jet boys and Shark boys. These are a mix of principal and chorus roles. They should look late teens, but must be 16 yrs. old as of October 2008. Jet boys must also sing well. We need both Caucasian and Puerto Rican dancers. We will type out. Monday April 28: Ripley-Greer Studios, 520 Eighth Avenue (between 36th & 37th Streets).

Currently in production. Sean Suozzi and Ellen Bar, two soloists from the New York City Ballet, are creating a modern film adaptation of Jerome Robbins′ 1958 ″jazz ballet″, NY Export: Opus Jazz, in collaboration with Supermarche Productions (Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman) and award-winning cinematographer Jody Lee Lipes. Shot on location all over New York City in the street clothes of today, ″Opus Jazz, The Film″ takes the ballet off the stage and out of the ′50s, reminding us of what is timeless about Robbins′ work and what is universal about the experience of urban youth. ″Opus Jazz″ is the first film directed and danced by New York City Ballet dancers with Jerome Robbins′ choreography and is set for a 2008 release to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Opus Jazz and Jerome Robbins′ 90th birthday.
http://www.opusjazz.com/

The Città di Spoleto, with the support of The Jerome Robbins Foundation, will honor Mr. Robbins with a permanent sculptural installation on the terrace of the Teatro Nuovo in Spoleto, Italy in recognition of Mr. Robbins fundamental and sustaining relationship with the Town and the Festival dei Due Mondi. One of the founding artists of the festival in 1958, Mr. Robbins choreographed his ballet ″N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz″ specifically for the festival and likewise, the following year, his ballet ″Moves″. Both of these ballets as well as iconic figures from his Broadway career will be represented in a sculptural work by Robin Heidi Kennedy which will include a life-size statue of Mr. Robbins. The presentation of the work on La Terrazza Jerome Robbins of the Teatro Nuovo is tentatively scheduled for summer 2009.
www.robinheidikennedy.com/wip/index.html

Gregory Victor is currently at work on ″Directed and Choreographed by Jerome Robbins: A Catalogue of Works″ which will provide a complete premiere-performance record of Jerome Robbins’ artistic output. This listing will outline the entire span of his creativity over a period of more than fifty years -- including 67 ballets, 17 musicals, 4 films, 5 plays, 7 television programs, and an opera. Mr. Victor is collecting photographs of Jerome Robbins in working situations. He may be contacted via e-mail at Victor5678@aol.com.