West Side Story

talking about a movie musical (I can’t remember which one) and she asked if I had seen “West Side Story.” When I replied I hadn’t, she enthusiastically recommended the picture. She said it was one of her favorite movie musicals and that I was sure to love it. Well it took a while for me to finally see her beloved film, and after having seen it I think she overestimated the film and my response to it. “West Side Story” is essentially Romeo & Juliet set in New York City. The film follows Maria (Natalie

In many stories and novels, parents play a huge role in them. Sometimes the viewpoints of the parents cause a lot of tension between characters. In the stories “Two Kinds” and West Side Story the characters are influenced by parental involvement. West Side Story by Arthur Laurents, is basically a modern Romeo and Juliet, and “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan. Two Kinds is a story of a little girl who’s mom is so into her thought that her daughter could also be a prodigy at something if she tried hard enough

West Side Story The Musical *No Works Cited West Side Story is one of the most influential musicals of all time. It's integration of dance and song into the plot was very innovative, because even though it had been done before, it had never been done this well. Jerome Robbins had thought of an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet to a Broadway musical in 1949. He began discussions with librettist Arthur Laurents and composer Leonard Bernstein of a musical called East Side Story, with a plot concentrating

The Film "West Side Story" illustrates how the Puerto Ricans of New York faced discrimination and were used as scapegoats by the American people during the cold war time period to escape their anxieties. Due to the fear of communism and possible nuclear war the 1950-1960s time period was a very fragile time for the American people which produced an air of xenophobia throughout the country. The air of xenophobia is present throughout the play due of the repeated mention of stereotypes about Puerto

West Side Story has been repeatedly produced into remarkable performances over the past few decades. It recites a tragic story of Tony and Maria, who fall madly in love and struggle to stay together due their backgrounds. The protagonist, Tony is the ex-leader of the mischievous and trouble-causing New Yorker gang, the jets. While Maria is the beloved sister of Bernardo, who leads the Puerto Rican gang, called the Sharks. Naturally, both parties are strongly opposed to the idea of Maria and Tony

magnificent theater, to see the opening of West Side Story. You loved the choreography Jerome Robbins always created, and watching his pervious plays, Peter Pan, Fiddler on the Roof, and Gypsy .You could not be more thrilled to see the musical West Side Story, which he choreographed and directed. Leonard Bernstein has grown to become one of you favorite composers, and you can barely contain your anticipation to listen to the music he created for West Side Story. As the musical ends, you begin to think

West Side Story can be seen as a Musical which tells a story through music and dance-not only music. It has massively influenced Musicals and film to the extent in which this was almost seen as the new standard. It also went on to inspire a whole generation. Allowing people of that time and of modern time; to think and to challenge injustices. Bernstein highlighted the faults but also showed the stories of both sides to bring understanding and not judgement (He brought reality to Musicals). This

West Side Story Analysis West Side Story, is a contemporary remake of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”, majorly engaging with two groups of forces: Jets and the Sharks opposing each other. Riff: the leader of the Jets, and Bernardo: the leader of the Sharks is an example of a foil character of this film. Both Riff and Bernardo have a different perspective on who’s the “ruler” of the street, and acquires different thoughts concerning the ideal world they desire. Thus, Riff’s strong ideology got transmitted

West Side Story: Race & Discrimination Introduction West Side Story, based on the book by Arthur Laurent, is a musical about a modern Romeo and Juliet involved in New York street gangs in the 1950’s. Aside from the movie portraying a love that was forbidden between the Sharks, a Puerto Rican gang and the Jets, an Anglo-Americans gang; it also represents the discrimination, violence and economic exploitation Puerto Ricans faced when migrating to New York in the 1950’s. When West Side Story came

that nothing is certain, and life should sometimes be fast and unpredictable. Next, West Side Story was composed by Leonard Bernstein and Irwin Kostal, it takes place in late 1950s New York where gang rivalries toke place. The rivalries between immigrant Puerto Ricans and native Anglo youths were portrayed as the Sharks and the Jets. The tension of the musical was built up by restricting the actors from each side to socialize or eat together. The actors were actually separated on and off stage as