Electric's West Side Story (On the Lower East Side)

Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner's new film version of West Side Story is due to come out in December, but Emmy-winning writer-performer-director William Electric Black (sometimes known as Ian Ellis James) beats them to the rumble in his latest show at Theater for the New City. In this interactive solo show, Electric takes a wide-ranging look at the gangs-and-balconies musical and its place in American culture.