History of West Side Story

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William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Tony
and Maria fall in love, despite the fact that they are associated
with rival street gangs -- Tony with the Jets, a "white" gang, and
Maria with the Sharks, a Puerto Rican gang.

William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with the action transplanted to the West Side of New York City. Tony and Maria fall in love, despite the fact that they are associated with rival street gangs -- Tony with the Jets, a "white" gang, and Maria with the Sharks, a Puerto Rican gang.

West Side Story was made into a film in 1961, directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise.

Bernstein's score for the musical has been extremely popular. Some of the songs include "Something's Coming", "Maria", "America", "Tonight", "Gee, Officer Krupke", "I Feel Pretty", "One Hand, One Heart" and "Cool".

	Revision 5 . . (edit) November 30, 2001 1:53 am by Gareth Owen
	Revision 4 . . November 30, 2001 1:52 am by Dze27 [+movie +some song titles]
	Revision 3 . . (edit) November 30, 2001 1:15 am by The Anome [Copyedit]
	Revision 2 . . (edit) November 30, 2001 12:00 am by The Epopt
	Revision 1 . . November 29, 2001 11:59 pm by The Epopt [stub]