Daily Archives: June 25, 2023

LYRIC OPERA ENDS SEASON WITH THRILLING WEST SIDE STORY

West Side Story first appeared in Chicago when the national touring company opened on October 8, 1959 at the Erlanger Theater (1912), on Clark Street at  the site of the current Chriskindlmart plaza. The legendary Tribune critic Claudia Cassidy loved The musical but not the performance of it. “It takes the big musicals so long […]