George Chakiris, Elaine Stritch, and Company

TVC 533.2: Ed plays Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with George Chakiris, the Academy Award-winning actor known around the world as Bernardo, the leader of The Sharks, in the iconic 1961 screen adaptation of West Side Story. In this segment, George shares memories of working with John Astin and Simon Oakland in West Side Story, and with Elaine Stritch in the national stage production of Company. My West Side Story: A Memoir by George Chakiris is available in hardcover and as an eBook from Lyons Press.

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