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West Side Story is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. 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.
Dec 11, 2021 · West Side Story (2021) ends in much the same manner as the 1961 picture. Tony hides at the drugstore, María is delayed by the cops, and fate intervenes. Anita is even forced to reluctantly help ...
Jan 28, 2022 · A pairing of West Side Story with, say, the 1968 Romeo and Juliet, or the film of 1936, could give schoolkids examples of the classic and the contemporary at their best, rather than their most ...
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Dec 10, 2021 · It’s 2021. The original West Side Story has just passed its 60th birthday; the stage play is even older. And, of course, the whole thing is based on Romeo & Juliet, which is much older (around ...
- The Fully Bilingual Puerto Rican Sharks
- The Female Perspective
- The Tragedy That Overwhelms The Love Story
- Shakespeare in West Side Story
In a departure from the original, the Puerto Rican national anthem, “La Borinqueña”, joins Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim’s soundtrack and becomes the first song after the opening instrumental Prologue. The Sharks sing, acapella and in Spanish, before we hear the Jets sing their famous “Jet Song.” As their leader, Bernardo, begins to sing “...
The female gaze shapes Spielberg’s version and the audience experience of the film. Tony’s mentor, the shopkeeper Doc, is replaced by Valentina (Rita Moreno), a new character who is Doc’s widow and now the owner of the store. Val gazes at Tony as he sings, “Who Knows,” and his soliloquy becomes a monologue showing that he trusts her, that she has h...
In the film, Bernardo clearly states the threat of white American men toward his sister and warns Maria before the dance with, “The first gringo boy who smiles at you.” But she kisses Tony and dances with him anyway, even though she has confirmed that he is not Puerto Rican. The lovers know the stakes. Tony confesses to Maria that he spent a year i...
Spielberg shows us that there’s still a place for Shakespeare in West Side Story. After the Jets perform “Office Krupke” inside the police station, Krupke returns, breathless from chasing Anybodys (who is trans and an aspiring member of the Jets) in the streets. In that same moment, the camera provides close-ups of the Jets who are breathless from ...
Jul 10, 2022 · West Side Story is one of the most popular musicals of all time. Conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by the legendary Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by a then relatively new Stephen Sondheim, and a ...
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Dec 9, 2021 · The opening number of West Side Story, Steven Spielberg ‘s all-in adaptation of the landmark Broadway musical and remake of the 1961 Oscar winner, aims to be as exhilarating and breathtaking as ...
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