West Side Story Pub Quiz: 12 Trivia Questions

A ready-to-read West Side Story quiz for pubs, parties, and theatre nights. Read a question aloud, take guesses, then reveal the answer.

1. 1. Who composed the music for West Side Story?

   Answer: Leonard Bernstein

2. 2. Who wrote the lyrics for West Side Story?

   Answer: Stephen Sondheim

   It was his Broadway debut as a lyricist.

3. 3. Which Shakespeare play is West Side Story based on?

   Answer: Romeo and Juliet

4. 4. What are the names of the two rival gangs in West Side Story?

   Answer: The Jets and the Sharks

5. 5. Who choreographed the original Broadway production of West Side Story?

   Answer: Jerome Robbins

6. 6. What is the name of the former Jet who falls in love with Maria?

   Answer: Tony

7. 7. Who is Maria's brother and leader of the Sharks?

   Answer: Bernardo

8. 8. In what year did West Side Story open on Broadway?

   Answer: 1957

9. 9. Which Broadway theatre hosted the original West Side Story production?

   Answer: The Winter Garden Theatre

10. 10. Who originated the role of Maria on Broadway?

    Answer: Carol Lawrence

11. 11. Who wrote the book for West Side Story?

    Answer: Arthur Laurents

12. 12. Which soaring duet do Tony and Maria sing on the fire escape, later reprised as a quintet before the rumble?

    Answer: Tonight

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