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  1. Jul 29, 2022 · West Side Story Filming Locations: Parts of the movie have been filmed in New York while most of the scenes have been shot at the studios in West Hollywood. Without much ado, let us dive into the particulars of filming.

  2. West Side Story location: the remaining tenements overlooking the playground: East 110th Street, East Harlem, New York. A surviving location is the playground of the opening scenes, which was found over on the East Side in East Harlem, though it was recreated in the studio for later scenes.

  3. West Side Story is a 1961 American musical romantic drama film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, written by Ernest Lehman, and produced by Wise. The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same title, which in turn was inspired by Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.

  4. Mar 6, 2024 · The prologue scenes of “West Side Story" (1961) were filmed in two locations one on the west side and the other on the east side that were then edited together to make it seem as if they were both in the same neighborhood.

  5. Inspired by William Shakespeare 's play Romeo and Juliet, the story is set in the mid-1950s in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, then a multiracial, blue-collar neighborhood. The musical explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.

  6. Dec 9, 2021 · The iconic ‘West Side Story’ is set in New York City, and filming took place on location in multiple parts of The Big Apple. Most notably, scenes were shot around Manhattan, including dance numbers in Harlem.

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  8. Mar 14, 2022 · Both the Spielberg version and the 1961 version of West Side Story directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise take place on Manhattans west side, in the neighborhood now occupied by...

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