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Dec 9, 2021 · By Andrew R. Chow. December 9, 2021 1:30 PM EST. W hen Steven Spielberg approached the playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner about the possibility of remaking West Side Story in 2014, Kushner ...
Nov 30, 2021 · Kushner’s book emphasizes that tragedy partly by restoring the original Broadway order of the songs, which the 1961 film had changed. “Tony felt that ‘West Side Story’ had very valuable ...
- They Added Spanish
- They Juggled The Songs
- Spielberg’s New Finale
- …And Oscars Are Coming
Kushner figured out that the 1961 movie shortchanged the Sharks in terms of representation. “There is a balance in the score, but the Jets have more songs than the Sharks,” he said. “The division is not just Jets and Sharks, but male and female. On the male side, white people are Jets, and the female side are Puerto Ricans. Bernardo (David Alvarez)...
As Kushner revisited the beloved “West Side Story” cast album he grew up with, he realized, “the songs are there,” but it needed some tweaking. “It’s a perfect score written for a Broadway musical,” he said. “But I do have to retrace, as I am rethinking this and restructuring it; I have to work my way through every song, asking, ‘How does the story...
For the ending, Kushner was following the sentimental beats of the 1961 movie — until Spielberg took over on set. “It was 2 a.m. and he was filming the ending and doing something different,” said Kushner. “I got upset. He showed me video of the shot through the fire escape. It’s so tough. He’s not letting anybody off the hook. He ends this movie in...
The 1961 “West Side Story” won ten Oscars, including Best Picture, a tough act to follow. The biggest threat facing Disney’s “West Side Story” as an Oscar contender is some audiences’ resistance to the idea of remaking the movie in the first place. On the one hand, it’s not about some crass commercial motive on Spielberg’s part. Broadway movie musi...
Dec 15, 2021 · When Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg, and actor iris menas reexamined the 64-year-old musical, they found a trans character in plain sight. Susan Oakes as Anybodys in 1961’s West Side Story, and ...
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Dec 3, 2021 · Stephen Sondheim, who died Nov. 26 at 91, leaves us with a parting gift in the form of Steven Spielberg ‘s West Side Story, out Dec. 10. Sondheim wrote the lyrics for the landmark 1957 Broadway ...
Jan 27, 2022 · After scaring himself with the prospect of writing a new version of “West Side Story,” Tony Kushner says he “began to understand that my task was basically the same as that faced by every ...
Jan 19, 2022 · Wonder no more: Deadline has posted Kushner's entire screenplay for West Side Story online. It's part of the site's "Read the Screenplay" series. West Side Story is Spielberg and Kushner's new film adaptation of the classic Broadway musical by Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Jerome Robbins.
