May 04, 2012
Pioneer Theatre Guild: West Side Story
![“America” (l-r: Carly Paull-Baird, Karina Stribley, Destiny Hughbanks, and Adina Nadler)](http://relish.myraklarman.com/images/1100t.jpg)
![The 1961 motion picture inspired the press photos. (Clare Higgins and Ari Axelrod)](http://relish.myraklarman.com/images/1120t.jpg)
![Lt. Schrank (Charles White) tries to get Riff (Sena Adjei) and the other Jets to reveal where the rumble with the Sharks is going to be.](http://relish.myraklarman.com/images/1103t.jpg)
![Tony reflexively kills Bernardo just moments after Bernardo kills Riff. (Ari Axelrod and Levi Brown)](http://relish.myraklarman.com/images/1108t.jpg)
![The Sharks in “Tonight.” (l-r Isaiah Davis, Nick Washington, Jack Pilutti, Levi Brown, Kyp Papageorgiou, and Jonathan Jue-Wong)](http://relish.myraklarman.com/images/1105t.jpg)
Pioneer Theatre Guild: you did it again. You took an insanely ambitious musical — West Side Story — and surpassed everyone’s already high expectations. I photographed the last dress rehearsal, and I am in awe of the range of powerful emotions that explodes from every scene. Congratulations to the cast,...