Overview
NOTE: The script is currently available in a Manuscript Edition while the final Acting Edition is being prepared.
It’s 1959 and the new musical West Side Story is a smash hit on Broadway. In their tiny family apartment in the San Juan Hill neighborhood of Manhattan, the young Candelaria siblings dream of glamorous careers in show business. When the opportunity arises for this talented Puerto Rican family to audition for roles in the film version of West Side Story itself, all their dreams seem poised to come true – until a neighborhood-wide eviction abruptly threatens everything they have worked for.
Casting & Production
Casting
INEZ CANDELARIA — 50’s, a mother
ALEJANDRO CANDELARIA — 23, her son
FRANCISCO CANDELARIA — 17, her other son
REBECCA CANDELAIRA — 16, her daughter
JAMIE — 25, a young man she raised
Setting
ACT I
New York City
Summer, 1959
ACT II
New York City
Summer, 1960
Reviews
“In SOMEWHERE, the jolts arrive in the form of dance sequences, some out-and-out showbiz numbers that would feel at home in any musical, some more expressive passages that reveal the heart and soul of a character. Because in this family, the first language is neither Spanish nor English, but dance…The dance enhances the storytelling and at the same time entertains—a rarity in musicals that’s even rarer in plays.”
—The New York Times
“López has written both a sprawling family drama and a coming-of-age story…charmingly theatrical.”
—The Los Angeles Times
“López’s imaginative and beautifully acted world-premiere work…bursts with ideas and feeling and a boisterous (if bittersweet) sense of romance…a robust, entertaining new play.”
—San Diego Union-Tribune
