A number of lights were used as special effects. A short bar with a couple of par 46 spots and a couple of fuzz lights were used off stage to represent a police car arriving at the end of act 1.

Four PAR 36 Pinspots were shone along the length of the rear fence.

Eight 100W PAR 36 Aeros were used at the back as an accent at the end of certain songs.

4 150W floods were used as street lights, however, only 3 were plugged in, to simulate a blown bulb. The reasoning being that there would be a good chance that a bulb would be blown at any one time in that sort of area.

Finally, blue and white PAR64s are used as foot lights DSR and DSL to project onto the cyc.

West Side Story — Special Effects