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1 day ago · 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.
4 days ago · West Side Story, conception by Jerome Robbins, book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Directed by Julianne Boyd. Musical Direction by Darren R. Cohen. Choreographed by Robert La Fosse. Presented by Barrington Stage Company at the Boyd-Quinson MainStage, Pittsfield, MA, through September 1.
3 days ago · The 2021 film version of the song, sung by Ariana DeBose as Anita, David Alvarez as Bernardo, Ana Isabelle as Rosalia and Ilda Mason as Luz, is a hybrid of both the stage and 1961 film versions, except now taking place the morning after the dance at the gym, and in the streets of the Puerto Rican community's area of the city. [ 2]
1 day ago · The Longest Yard is a 1974 American prison sports comedy-drama film directed by Robert Aldrich, written by Tracy Keenan Wynn, based on a story by producer Albert S. Ruddy, and starring Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Michael Conrad and James Hampton.
3 days ago · Answer: Valentina. Moreno plays Valentina, the widow of Doc, the owner of the drug store in the original film. She has a unique perspective on the romance between Tony and Maria as a Hispanic woman who married a white man (during the Nadir of race relations, probably sometime in the 1920s). Moreno, who won an Academy Award for playing Anita ...
- Answer: George Chakiris George Chakiris appeared in numerous movies, on Broadway and TV. Good looking and a great dancer he could be seen in the...
- Answer: Chino In "Romeo and Juliet", Romeo kills Paris, but in "West Side Story" Chino kills Tony.
- Answer: Polish Tony was of Polish descent. Rival gang members enjoyed using racial slurs towards him.
- Answer: Chino This happens in both the play and the movie, at the very end. Chino shoots Tony both to get revenge for the death of Bernardo, and...
- Answer: Sharks The Puerto Rican gang was known as the Sharks, their arch enemies, of course, the Jets.
- Answer: New York The film is set in the late 50s, early 60s and portrayed the time and troubles in New York, caused mainly by the problems of imm...
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- Answer: Stephen Sondheim Stephen Sondheim is one of the most prolific composers and lyricists in American musical theatre. After he wrote the lyr...
4 days ago · A new version of 'West Side Story' was released late in 2021. This quiz will test your knowledge on the remake and the similarities and differences with the original 1961 version. Good luck. A multiple-choice quiz by rossian . Estimated time: 3 mins. Last 3 plays: Guest 136 ( 4/10 ), Guest 174 ( 1/10 ), Guest 73 ( 3/10 ).
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4 days ago · Directed by Academy Award® winner Steven Spielberg, from a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award® winner Tony Kushner, "West Side Story" tells the classic tale of fierce rivalries and young love in 1957 New York City.
