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5 days ago · ‘Belfast,’ ‘West Side Story’ Are Lead Contenders in Critics Choice Award Nominations Forrest Hartman Belfast, which tells the story of an Irish family living amidst the turmoil of the Troubles, received nominations for Best Picture, Best Acting Ensemble and Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Branagh.
3 days ago · West Side Story (1961) in 70mm. In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to "own" the neighborhood streets.
- Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins
- Natalie Wood
5 days ago · Answer: Steven Spielberg. Steven Spielberg was the director in charge of this remake of a film which won ten Oscars in its first version.
- Answer: George Chakiris George Chakiris appeared in numerous movies, on Broadway and TV. Good looking and a great dancer he could be seen in the...
- Answer: Chino In "Romeo and Juliet", Romeo kills Paris, but in "West Side Story" Chino kills Tony.
- Answer: Polish Tony was of Polish descent. Rival gang members enjoyed using racial slurs towards him.
- Answer: Chino This happens in both the play and the movie, at the very end. Chino shoots Tony both to get revenge for the death of Bernardo, and...
- Answer: Sharks The Puerto Rican gang was known as the Sharks, their arch enemies, of course, the Jets.
- Answer: New York The film is set in the late 50s, early 60s and portrayed the time and troubles in New York, caused mainly by the problems of imm...
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- Answer: Stephen Sondheim Stephen Sondheim is one of the most prolific composers and lyricists in American musical theatre. After he wrote the lyr...
3 days ago · Sondheim penned music and lyrics to Arthur Laurents ’ book and original direction for this absurdist musical satire with high aims that originally had a short run. 2022’s Master Voices staging...
5 days ago · Questions based on the original book by Arthur Laurents, the Broadway musical from 1958 and the Oscar winning movie from 1961.
14 hours ago · Examine how “Romeo and Juliet” has influenced other works of literature, such as Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim’s musical “West Side Story.” How do these adaptations reinterpret or reimagine the original play? Discussion Questions “Romeo and Juliet” is one of Shakespeare’s most famous and enduring plays.
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3 days ago · Inspired by Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” the musical transports the story to modern-day New York City as idealistic young lovers Tony (Anthony Ghali) and Maria (Maria Alvarez-Pallete) find themselves caught between warring street gangs, the American Jets and the Puerto Rican Sharks.
