West Side Story (2021) with Greg Sheffield

There’s a podcast for us… Somewhere, a podcast for us… Josh and Andy and Greg Sheffield… talking about… musicaaals… Somewhere… Well, look no further, as that podcast is right here! Things are fixed for the Ramblin Rumble diving into Steven Spielberg’s 2021 adaptation of WEST SIDE STORY, exploring the show’s origins, its past iterations and the astonishing staying power of its musical numbers. What are the relative values of the changes to the running order? How well does Spielberg acquit himself with the film musical? How do Zegler and Elgort compare to Wood and Brenner? Is it possible for the Tony and Maria dynamic to ever fully work? Or for us to appreciate this as its own entity instead of something that exists in the shadow of Wise’s Oscar-winning 1961 version? All this and more in this bumper episode of Ramblin. So come along, buddy boy, as we talk about a complicated work of art for the whole ever mother lovin’ day.

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Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter-Clayton & Greg Sheffield for the theme music.

Listen to the end of the episode to hear the latest track from the Robert J Hunter Band and buy tickets to their album launch show on October 10 here.