1957 Original Broadway Production 

OPENING NIGHT CAST

Mickey Calin … Riff (The Leader, The Jets)
Larry Kert … Tony (Riff's Friend)
Carol Lawrence … Maria (Bernardo's Sister)
Ken Le Roy … Bernardo (The Leader, The Sharks)
Chita Rivera … Anita (Bernardo's Girl)
Art Smith … Doc (One of the Adults)
Lee Becker … Anybodys (A Jet)
Grover Dale … Snowboy (A Jet)
Arch Johnson … Schrank (One of the Adults)
Tony Mordente … A-Rab (A Jet)
Eddie Roll … Action (A Jet)
David Winters … Baby John (A Jet)
Tommy Abbott … Gee-Tar (A Jet)
William Bramley … Krupke (One of the Adults)
Hank Brunjes … Diesel (A Jet)
Erne Castaldo … Toro (A Shark)
Martin Charnin … Big Deal (A Jet)
Marilyn Cooper … Rosalia (One of the Sharks' Girls)
Wilma Curley … Graziella (One of the Jets' Girls)
Carole D'Andrea … Velma (One of the Jets' Girls)
Al De Sio … Luis (A Shark)
Marilyn D'Honau … Clarice (One of the Jets' Girls)
Gene Gavin … Anxious (A Shark)
Frank Green … Mouth Piece (A Jet)
Reri Grist … Consuela (One of the Sharks' Girls)
Carmen Gutierrez … Teresita (One of the Sharks' Girls)
John Harkins … Gladhand (One of the Adults)
Lowell Harris … Tiger (A Jet)
Ronnie Lee … Nibbles (A Shark)
George Marcy … Pepe (A Shark)
Jack Murray … Moose (A Shark)
Jay Norman … Juano (A Shark)
Julie Oser … Pauline (One of the Jets' Girls)
Liane Plane … Marguerita (One of the Sharks' Girls)
Nanette Rosen … Minnie (One of the Jets' Girls)
Lynn Ross … Estella (One of the Sharks' Girls)
Jamie Sanchez … Chino (Bernardo's Friend)
Noel Schwartz … Indio (A Shark)
Elizabeth Taylor … Francisca (One of the Sharks' Girls)

Swings: Larry Roquemore and Marc Scott

Standby: Stephanie Augustine (Maria), Muriel Bentley (Anita) and Marlys Watters (Maria)

Understudies: Hank Brunjes (Riff), Erne Castaldo (Chino), Martin Charnin (Snowboy), Marilyn Cooper (Consuela), Grover Dale (Big Deal), Carole D'Andrea (Anybodys), Al De Sio (A-Rab, Baby John), Frank Green (Tony), Reri Grist (Rosalia), John Harkins (Doc, Schrank), Alan Johnson (Shark), George Marcy (Bernardo), Jack Murray (Krupke), Liane Plane (Anita), Lynn Ross (Consuela) and Noel Schwartz (Action)

PRODUCTION STAFF

Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization

Produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince; Produced by arrangement with Roger L. Stevens

Book by Arthur Laurents; Conceived by Jerome Robbins; Music by Leonard Bernstein; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Musical Director: Max Goberman; Music orchestrated by Leonard Bernstein, Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal; Music orchestrated by Leonard Bernstein, Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal

Directed by Jerome Robbins; Choreographed by Jerome Robbins and Peter Gennaro; Choreographed by Jerome Robbins and Peter Gennaro; Dance Assistant to Mr. Robbins and Mr. Gennaro: Howard Jeffrey and Wallace Seibert

Scenic Design by Oliver Smith; Costume Design by Irene Sharaff; Lighting Design by Jean Rosenthal; Sound Design by Sound Associates, Inc.; Assistant to Oliver Smith: Robert O'Hearn; Assistant to Miss Rosenthal: Mickey Kinsella

General Manager: Carl Fisher; Company Manager: Clarence Jacobson

Production Stage Manager: Ruth Mitchell; Stage Manager: Harry Howell; Assistant Stage Mgr: George Lake

Copyist Supervisor: Arnold Arnstein; Assistant Conductor: Frederick Vogelgesang

Press Representative: Reuben Rabinovitch, Helen Richards and Howard Newman; Casting: Judith Abbott and Betty Wharton; Advertising: Ingram Ash; Production Associate: Sylvia Drulie; Directorial Assistant to Mr. Robbins: Gerald Freedman; Secretary to Mr. Prince: Annette Brafman

For more cast information, please visit the production’s IBDb page.