West Side Story

West Side Story is a musical written by Arthur Laurents (book), Leonard Bernstein (music), and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics), and was originally produced, choreographed, and directed by Jerome Robbins. West Side Story debuted on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theater on September 26, 1957 and played 732 performances before going on tour - a very successful run for the time. In 1961, it was made into a motion picture and released on October 18 by United Artists, directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise. The film won ten Motion Picture Academy Awards including Best Picture, the most Oscars received by any movie musical.

Academy Award wins and nominations for the movie

Wins (10)

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• Academy Award for Best Picture - Robert Wise, producer
• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor - George Chakiris
• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress - Rita Moreno
• Academy Award for Best Art Direction- Set Decoration, Color - Victor A. Gangelin, and Boris Leven
• Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color - Daniel L. Fapp
• Academy Award for Costume Design, Color - Irene Sharaff
• Academy Award for Directing - Jerome Robbins, and Robert Wise
• Academy Award for Film Editing - Thomas Stanford
• Academy Award for Original Music Score, of a Musical Picture - Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Irwin Kostal, and Sid Ramin
• Academy Award for Sound - Fred Hynes (Todd-AO SSD), and Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn SSD)

Nominations (1)

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• Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium - Ernest Lehman