Sixteen Week National Tour
June - Sept. 1990

Director and Choreographer: Alan Johnson
Music Director: Joseph Klein

"Michael Gruber as Riff, the leader of the Jets, had that combination of authority and brash energy." -- Dallas Morning News

"Michael Gruber's Riff is authoritative in its brash attack and unrelenting tension." -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Michael Gruber dances up a storm." -- St. Paul Pioneer Press

"A solid performance by Michael Gruber as Riff." -- Worcester Telegram

"The stylized dancing of the gangs, led by Robert Montano as Bernardo and Michael Gruber as the Jets' leader, Riff, takes on a reality of its own." -- St. Louis Dispatch