Marianne Elliott and Miranda Cromwell reunite to direct the Broadway classic in the Olivier Theatre, using Jerome Robbins’ original choreography.
The National Theatre has announced a major new production of West Side Story, opening in the Olivier Theatre in winter 2027, as part of its newly unveiled 2027 season.
The Broadway classic, conceived and originally choreographed by Jerome Robbins, will be co-directed by Marianne Elliott and Miranda Cromwell, reuniting the pair behind the National’s celebrated, award-winning revival of Death of a Salesman.
Robbins’ original choreography will be reproduced and adapted for the production by Julio Monge, who served as artistic collaborator and consultant on Steven Spielberg’s 2021 film adaptation of the musical. West Side Story, one of the towering achievements of American musical theatre, features a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, transplanting Romeo and Juliet to the rival gangs of 1950s New York.
The production forms part of the National’s wider 2027 season marking 60 years of cultural exchange between the National Theatre and the United States, a relationship that began when the NT’s landmark production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead transferred to Broadway in 1967 — a play also returning to the National’s stages next year.
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