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  1. Jerome Robbins had at first envisioned Juliet as a Jewish girl and Romeo as an Italian Catholic. The action, set during the Easter-Passover season, was to have occurred on the Lower East Side of New York City. Hence the title might have been EAST Side Story. (Another working title was Gangway!) That was in 1949.

  2. Read the Robbins surname history and see the family crest, coat of arms for the Scottish Origin. Discover the Robbins surname history. Where did the name Robbins come from?

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  4. Apr 6, 2017 · Act 1 – The Jets and the Sharks. Like Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story opens with a street fight between two rival groups, the Jets and the Sharks. The Sharks are a street gang made up of Hispanic immigrants who were born in Puerto Rico. The Jets are a “white” (Polish and Irish) gang of first-generation immigrants.

  5. West Side Story. (1961 film) 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.

  6. West Side Story, American musical film, released in 1961, that was inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The movie, filled with exhilarating dance sequences choreographed by Jerome Robbins and memorable songs—including “Tonight,” “Maria,” and “Somewhere”—by Leonard Bernstein (music) and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics), won 10 ...

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  7. Romeo and Juliet (Film 1996) Summary. Verona Beach is a gritty, run-down city bisected by two major organized crime families, the Capulets and the Montagues, who also happen to be bitter, deadly rivals. The hate between the two families runs far and deep, so much so that even the current clan patriarchs no longer know why they hate each other ...

  8. www.biography.com › artists › jerome-robbinsJerome Robbins - Biography

    Apr 2, 2014 · Fall 1957 saw the Broadway debut of West Side Story, with Robbins creating, directing and choreographing a modern New York update of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The production was ...

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