An adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. Read more: Plot summary | Synopsis Director Steven Spielberg Writers Tony Kushner (screenplay by) | Arthur ...
West Side Story 1961 Approved 2h 33m IMDb RATING 7.6/10 124K YOUR RATING Rate POPULARITY 1,802 1,246Play trailer0:31 7528 Videos 99+ Photos Classic MusicalPop MusicalTragedyCrimeDramaMusicalRomance Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their ...
Ironically, the original concept for the musical was for it to be calledEast Side Storyand it was going to set in the Lower East Side with a Jewish "Juliet" and an Italian-Catholic "Romeo." With the growing immigration of Puerto Ricans in Manhattan in the 1950's, the characters were ch...
A West Side Story: The Film and the Philharmonic (2013) TV Movie | 50 min | Documentary, Musical Edit page Add to list Track A documentary on the enduring appeal of West Side Story, from the stage show, to screen and now as a special live performance as West Side Story Live with ...
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American actress Natalie Wood (1938 - 1981), star of the musical film 'West Side Story', January 1961. © Ernst Haas / Getty ImagesA new version of ‘West Side Story’ has hit the silver screen, but how many in the cinema realise the life of the original “Maria” ended in tragedy...
West Side Story,the beloved 1957 Broadway musical byLeonard BernsteinandStephen Sondheim, was adapted for the screen back in 1961 – and now, a second film remake is coming out. Directed by Steven Spielberg (Schindler’s List, Jaws), the 20th Century Fox release has a script ad...
West Side Story, American musical film, released in 1961, that was inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
West Side Story, theatre music by American composer Leonard Bernstein that premiered August 19, 1957, in Washington, D.C., before moving to Broadway for a second opening on September 26, 1957. The musical is a 20th-century American adaptation of the Shak
she was again nominated for an Oscar. She then starred as Maria in the hit filmadaptationof the musicalWest Side Story. After anothermusical film,Gypsy(1962), Wood landed roles in the modern romancesLove with the Proper Stranger(1963), for which she scored a third Oscar nomination, andSex ...