Shows · West Side Story (2020 Revival)
West Side Story (2020 Revival)
Opened 2020
24 performances
Revival, Contemporary
In a rapidly changing New York City neighborhood, Tony, a former member of the Jets gang, falls in love with Maria, whose brother Bernardo leads the rival Sharks, a Puerto Rican gang. Their forbidden love mirrors Romeo and Juliet as racial tensions and gang warfare escalate toward inevitable tragedy.
- Music
- Leonard Bernstein
- Lyrics
- Stephen Sondheim
- Book
- Arthur Laurents
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Music Theatre International West Side Story matched on title alone: a lead, not a confirmed licensor |
West Side Story is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, the story is set in the mid-1950s on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, then a multiracial, blue-collar neighborhood. The musical explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. The Sharks, who are recent migrants from Puerto Rico, and the Jets, who are white, vie for dominance of the neighborhood, and the police try to keep order. The young protagonist, Tony, a former member of the Jets and best friend of the…
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