“Play It Cool Boy. Real Cool.”
by Ed Tracy | PicksInSix® Review

Never in recent memory has the late Stephen Sondheim classic “Something’s Coming” had more relevance than Jake David Smith’s lofty rendition at the opening of “West Side Story” at Marriott Theatre Wednesday night. Originally scheduled for Marriott’s 2019-2020 season, the show has been postponed twice and moved around in the venue’s future lineup at least once during the pandemic. In the meantime, Sondheim’s passing shook the theatre community just days before Steven Spielberg’s new film version—which received multiple Oscar nods this week—debuted in an epic and risky theatrical-only release last fall. Lots of Jets and Sharks rumblings these past few months.