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In 1961, he appeared as A-Rab in the movie version of West Side Story (1961), recreating the "Cool" dance sequence, which was choreographed for him. He, Carole D'Andrea , Jay Norman , Tommy Abbott , William Bramley , and Tony Mordente , were the only members of the original Broadway Musical to be cast in the film.
Detective Schrank, the senior cop on the beat, tries to get the Jets to tell him which Puerto Ricans are starting trouble in the neighborhood, as he claims he is on their side. The Jets, however, are not stool pigeons and won't tell him anything. Frustrated, Schrank threatens to beat the crap out of the Jets unless they make nice.
Winner of ten Academy Awards® including Best Picture, this electrifying musical sets the ageless tragedy of "Romeo and Juliet" in the slums of 1950s New York...
The West Side Story Original Motion Picture Soundtrack features 21 songs from the film and is now available in both standard digital and physical (CD and vinyl) configurations, as well as a digital release in Dolby Atmos Music – a new technology placing the listener inside the song in a spatial way, revealing every detail of the music with unparalleled clarity and depth.
West Side Story is one of the best, if not THE best, film adaptations of a musical to ever grace the cinema. Bernstein's score, Sondheim's lyrics, and Jerome Robbin's choreography hold up today, and the themes of hope, hatred, love, The American Dream, downtrodden youth, and racism still exist today, almost 57 years later.
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Symphonic Dances Form West Side Story was premiered by the New York Philharmonic on February 13, 1961, but the conductor was Lukas Foss. Bernstein was named Music Director of the Philharmonic one year after the opening of WSS, and although he later performed and recorded the Dances with the orchestra, he never, prior to the 1985 recording ...
Apr 9, 2021 · West Side Story at 60: An oral history of the film's shocking Oscar triumph. Rita Moreno and George Chakiris reflect on the iconic 1961 movie-musical, from casting to the night of their Academy ...
