[03/02/22 - 09:00 AM] Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story," Nominated for 7 Academy Awards Including Best Picture, Now Streaming on Disney+ Directed by Spielberg, from a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Tony Kushner, "West Side Story" tells the classic tale of fierce rivalries and young love in 1957 New York City.
[via press release from Disney+]
STEVEN SPIELBERG'S "WEST SIDE STORY," NOMINATED FOR 7 ACADEMY AWARDS(R) INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, NOW STREAMING ON DISNEY+
BURBANK, Calif. (March 2, 2022) - Steven Spielberg's award-winning, critically-acclaimed "West Side Story," is now streaming on Disney+.
Nominated for 7 Academy Awards(R) including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actress (Ariana DeBose) and 11 Critics' Choice Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actress (Ariana DeBose, Rita Moreno), "West Side Story" is the winner of three Golden Globe(R) awards - Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy; Best Actress, Musical or Comedy (Rachel Zegler) and Best Supporting Actress (Ariana DeBose) - and a SAG Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Ariana DeBose). The film has also received nominations from the DGA (Steven Spielberg), PGA (Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger) and WGA (Tony Kushner) and has been named one of the year's Top 10 films by the American Film Institute and the National Board of Review, the latter having voted Rachel Zegler Best Actress of the Year.
Bringing together the best of both Broadway and Hollywood, the film's creative team includes Kushner, who also served as an executive producer; Tony Award(R) winner Justin Peck, who choreographed the musical numbers in the film; renowned Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor and GRAMMY Award(R) winner Gustavo Dudamel, who helmed the recording of the iconic score; Academy Award(R)-nominated composer and conductor David Newman ("Anastasia"), who arranged the score, Tony Award(R)-winning composer Jeanine Tesori ("Fun Home," "Thoroughly Modern Millie"), who supervised the cast on vocals; and GRAMMY(R)-nominated music supervisor Matt Sullivan ("Beauty and the Beast," "Chicago"), who serves as executive music producer for the film. The film is produced by Spielberg, p.g.a., Academy Award(R)-nominated producer Kristie Macosko Krieger, p.g.a. and Tony Award(R)-winning producer Kevin McCollum. "West Side Story" has been adapted for the screen from the original 1957 Broadway show. Original choreography by Jerome Robbins, based on the stage play, book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, play conceived, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, music by Leonard Bernstein.
The West Side Story Original Motion Picture Soundtrack features 21 songs from the film and is available in both standard digital and physical (CD and vinyl) configurations, as well as a digital release in Dolby Atmos Music.
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