21 februari

Ivo van Hove's West Side Story in première

Zestig jaar na de eerste opvoering brengt Ivo van Hove, directeur van Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, zijn regie van West Side Story naar Broadway. Gisteren ging de musical in première in New York City, hieronder een greep van de eerste reacties in de pers.

The Guardian

Gritty Broadway revival is a bold blockbuster

Ivo van Hove’s striking new take on the much-loved romantic musical brings sharpness and show-stopping choreography to the table

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L.A. Times

‘West Side Story’ blasts back to Broadway — kinetic, bloody and modern to the core

During its long gestation in previews, Ivo van Hove’s bold re-imagining of “West Side Story” generated the kind of heated division normally reserved for presidential politics in a year with Donald Trump.

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The Washington Post

This gutsy new ‘West Side Story’ is unlike any you’ve seen — and it’s exhilarating

Look for proof to the bravura audacity of director Ivo van Hove’s movingly gutsy new “West Side Story,” the much anticipated Broadway revisit to the masterwork by the ’50s hive-mind genius

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The New York Times

‘West Side Story’ Review: Sharks vs. Jets vs. Video

Ivo van Hove’s attention-splintering revival of the immortal 1957 musical features new choreography, a ravishing orchestra and smothering visual effects.

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Rolling Stone

‘West Side Story’ Revival Breaks All the Rules for All the Right Reasons

Director Ivo van Hove reimagines the classic for the 21st century with a remarkable cast of fresh talent and choreography by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker

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de Standaard

De niet zo verenigde staat van Amerika

Vergeet alles wat u weet over ‘West Side story’, de nieuwe enscenering van Ivo van Hove en Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker in New York is da real shit.

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Financial Times

Ivo van Hove’s West Side Story is an ambitious reworking of the classic musical

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de Volkskrant

Achtergrond: Revolutie op Broadway

Met zijn radicale remake van West Side Story waagt Ivo van Hove zich op heilige Amerikaanse grond

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The New York Times

Achtergrond: How ‘West Side Story’ Was Reborn

Inside the wildly ambitious effort to reimagine the class musical for 2020.

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