Produced and directed by legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg, from a screenplay by screenwriter and playwright Tony Kushner, WEST SIDE STORY tells the classic tale of fierce rivalries and young love, set in 1957 New York City. A whole new generation can experience this reimagining of the beloved...
West Side Story, one of the greatest and most successful of all stage musicals, tells the classic tale of fierce rivalries and young love in 1957 New York City. Steven Spielberg’s remake ofWest Side Story, adapted for the screen from the original 1957 Broadway musical with book by Arthur ...
calls the jets—both groups lose to the gentrifying rich. yet the youths of west side story —especially as they appear in spielberg’s superb retelling, with a smart and sensitive screenplay by the playwright tony kushner—don’t care for inevitabilities. it’s the possible they’re after ...
“with a musical like west side story there’s so much choreography, so the clothes need to function in a very specific way,” tazewell explains. “we were making everything custom, because all the costumes needed to be danced in, and fabrics needed to be chosen that would move or ...
butSteven Spielberglaunches himself headfirst into this new adaptation that feels fresh and immediate while still retaining the classic feel of the original. Working from a script from Tony-winning playwrightTony Kushner, Spielberg’sWest Side Storyis more politically pointed than the 1961 version, bu...
Celebrated playwright Terrence McNally, who wrote the book for Rivera's Tony-winning roles in "The Rink" opposite Liza Minnelli in 1984 and "Kiss of the Spider Woman" a decade later, described her as "a walking history book of the golden age of American musical theater." From the ...
The first look at the Jets and the Sharks inSteven Spielberg’s upcoming version of “West Side Story” has been unveiled by 20th Century Fox. The musical, about young love and the tension between rival gangs the Jets and the Sharks on the streets of 1957 New York, is in production.A...
Original story by : a memoir of Broadway and Hollywood From director, playwright, and screen-writer Arthur Laurents -- author of Gypsy, West Side Story, Rope, and The Snake Pit, among many others -- a dazzling portrait of his world, and of the artists, directors, personalities, and ...
The new film, for 21st Century Fox, will be adapted by the award-winning playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner. Filming will begin sometime after Spielberg completes his next project, the fifth installment of the Indiana Jones series, which has been reportedly scheduled to begin filming in 201...
Spielberg's "West Side Story" found the actors after an international casting call that saw more 30,000 people sending their submisions. The filmmaker said, "When we began this process a year ago, we announced that we would cast the roles of Maria, Anita, Bernardo, Chino and the Sharks ...