Just a few days before Pacific Northwest Ballet opens Broadway Festival, now fans will have the opportunity to see three of the movie version at the SIFF Cinema (Nesholm Family Lecture Hall at McCaw Hall 321 Mercer Street, Seattle Center)
ON YOUR TOES (1939, 94 minutes)
Screening Friday, March 13 – 7:30pm
This filmed version of one of the top Broadway shows of its time has young Phil Dolan, Jr. (Eddie Albert) quitting vaudeville to earn his living as a composer. Through a circuitous set of circumstances one of his compositions, Slaugher on Tenth Avenue, is staged by the Russian Ballet and Junior becomes involved with the company’s prima ballerina (Vera Zorina). Music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.
CAROUSEL (1956, 128 minutes)
Screening Saturday, March 14 – 2:00 and 7:30pm
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s glorious musical about ne’er-do-well Billy Bigelow’s last chance at redemption opened in 1945 and ran 890 performances at the Majestic Theatre. This filmed version is presented in stunning CinemaScope, starring Gordon MacRae as Bigelow and Shirley Jones as his beloved Julie, and featuring some of the loveliest musical numbers on film.
WEST SIDE STORY (1961, 152 minutes)
Screening Sunday, March 15 – 2:00pm and 7:30pm
When you’re a Jet, you’re a Jet all the way…and when it’s a classic like West Side Story, it’s a must to see on the big screen with brilliant sound and dazzling picture. Directors Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise updated Romeo and Juliet to mid-century Manhattan where Puerto Rican and Irish gangs squared off on the mean streets. Stephen Sondheim put words to Leonard Bernstein’s amazing score and Jerome Robbins choreographed. Starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, and George Chakiris. Winner of an incredible ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
SIFF Cinema tickets ($7 to $10) may be purchased in person at the theatre or online at siff.net.
Pacific Northwest Ballet’s BROADWAY FESTIVAL runs from March 12 through 22 at Seattle Center’s McCaw Hall. Go here for more info or visit www.pnb.org.
