West Side Story, the brilliant 1957 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet by Arthur Laurents, Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein took on Shakespearean tragedy as brilliantly as Rodgers, Hart and Porter had taken on the bard’s comedy a generation earlier, and in a way that wove the timeless story of star-crossed lovers (which Shakespeare himself borrowed from Italian and Latin sources) seamlessly into the fabric of American life and culture. Ken Peplowski and company offer a concert presentation, with vocal and jazz instrumental versions of most of the show's music.