My West Side Story: A Memoir - Softcover

Chakiris; George; Harrison; Lindsay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1493072331 ISBN 13: 9781493072330

Publisher: Lyons Press, 2023

Synopsis

Natalie Wood and “lovely” Richard Beymer, to the mercurial Jerome Robbins and “passionate” Rita Moreno, with whom Chakiris remains friends. “I know exactly where my gratitude belongs,” Chakiris writes, “and I still marvel at how, unbeknownst to me at the time, the joyful path of my life was paved one night in 1949 when Jerome Robbins sat Leonard Bernstein and Arthur Laurents down in his apartment and announced, ‘I have an idea.’"

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About the Author

George Chakiris started his acting/dancing career appearing in musicals such as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), White Christmas (1954), and There’s No Business Like Show Business (1954). After appearing in the London stage production of West Side Story for two years, he was selected by Jerome Robbins to co-star in the eponymous film. Since that time he appeared in dozens of plays, films, and TV shows before retiring in 1996. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1493072331
• ISBN 13: 9781493072330
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232