Production Photographs Production Photographs: Carol Lawrence and Chita Rivera performing "I Have a Love" in the musical West Side Story

In spring of 1958, Look magazine had planned a feature spread on Carol Lawrence, the original Maria. Photographer Paul Fusco took hundreds of photographs of Ms. Lawrence, including dozens of production shots from West Side Story. Although Look never ran the article, the photographs, several of which are seen here for the first time, offer rare views of the original Broadway production. [The Library had the first prints made from the original negatives for this exhibition.]

A furious Anita confronts Maria about Tony’s killing of Bernardo, Maria’s brother and Anita’s boyfriend, damning Tony in the song “A Boy Like That.” Maria counters with the passionate “I Have a Love”.