"Something's Coming" For The Whitney Players

Get ready to rumble: The Whitney Players will put on "West Side Story" August 10-13 at Hamden High School. 

The Whitney Players is a Hamden-area community theater groups that includes actors and dancers of all ages, which was co-founded in 2001 by director Cindy Simell-Devoe.

This year, the Player's are producing the classic Leonard Bernstein musical "West Side Story." According to the officail synopsis, the musical is "Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet...transported to modern-day New York City, as two young idealistic lovers find themselves caught between warring street gangs, the "American" Jets and the Puerto Rican Sharks. Their struggle to survive in a world of hate, violence and prejudice is one of the most innovative, heart-wrenching and relevant musical dramas of our time." Some of the musical's most famous songs include "Somewhere," "Maria," and "Gee, Officer Krumpke"

For more information on The Whitney Player's "West Side Story" or to reserve tickets, visit their website or their facebook event.