With Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn. The classic novelization of one of Broadway’s most enduring and beloved musicals, West Side Story. In Hawaii in 1941, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second-in-command are falling in love. [81], The creators' innovations in dance, music and theatrical style drew enthusiastic reactions from the critics. Was this review helpful to you? He arrived in Hollywood to choreograph the dance sequences for the 1956 film The King and I, and he and Laurents began developing the musical while working on their respective projects, keeping in touch with Bernstein, who had returned to New York. It's mesmerizing, powerful, stunning, poetic, beautifully filled with art, moving, lovely, and downright beautiful. At the dance, after introductions, the teenagers begin to dance; soon a challenge dance is called ("Dance at the Gym"), during which Tony and Maria (who aren't taking part in the challenge dance) see each other across the room and are drawn to each other. Super Panavision's aspect ratio is not as wide as Cinemascope's 2.35:1, and every square inch of screen space was used for one or another important element of composition.Bernstein's music is a tour de force. [56][57] It is directed by Ivo van Hove, with choreography by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker[58] and is produced by Scott Rudin, Barry Diller and David Geffen. It goes terribly wrong, and before the lovers know what's happened, tragedy strikes and doesn't stop until the climactic and heartbreaking ending. The film won ten Academy Awards in its eleven nominated categories, including Best Picture. Bernstein had decided he needed to concentrate solely on the music, and he and Robbins had invited Betty Comden and Adolph Green to write the lyrics, but the team opted to work on Peter Pan instead. "[84], Bernstein's score for West Side Story blends "jazz, Latin rhythms, symphonic sweep and musical-comedy conventions in groundbreaking ways for Broadway". The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same name by Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, which is based loosely on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. They dance together, forgetting the tension in the room, and fall in love, but Bernardo pulls his sister from Tony and sends her home. Bernstein suggested they rework East Side Story and set it in Los Angeles, but Laurents felt he was more familiar with Puerto Ricans in the United States and Harlem than he was with Mexican Americans and Olvera Street. [5], There were problems with Oliver Smith's designs. [56], This production cuts the song "I Feel Pretty" and trims the already short book to end the show at one hour and forty-five minutes (with no intermission). Two rival teenage gangs, the Jets (White Americans) and the Sharks (Puerto Ricans), struggle for control of their neighborhood on the Upper West Side of New York City (Prologue). [32] Carol Lawrence received the 1958 Theatre World Award. He was outvoted on other issues: he felt the lyrics to "America" and "I Feel Pretty" were too witty for the characters singing them, but they stayed in the score and proved to be audience favorites. *By subscribing, you agree to receive email from the promoters regarding West Side Story and future events. 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. [6][7], In 1955, theatrical producer Martin Gabel was working on a stage adaptation of the James M. Cain novel Serenade, about an opera singer who comes to the realization he is homosexual, and he invited Laurents to write the book. …the unusual relationship of codirecting West Side Story (1961) with Jerome Robbins, who had directed and choreographed the long-running Broadway hit on which the film was based. Tony kills Bernardo in a fit of rage, which in turn provokes an all-out fight like the fight in the Prologue. [95] Differences in the film from the stage version include that "Tonight" is moved to follow "America", and Bernardo sings a line in "America" instead of Rosalia, with changes in the lyrics. Only the bodies of Riff and Bernardo remain. Chino brings the news that Tony has killed Bernardo, then leaves. Contrary to rumor, Sondheim did not write music for the show; his only contribution came on "Something's Coming", where he developed the main strain of the chorus from music Bernstein wrote for the verse.[28]. Having watched On The Town only a few days back, it was interesting to contrast the two musicals. But Oscar Hammerstein convinced him that he would benefit from the experience, and he accepted. In my case I watched it using a video projector throwing the image, big, bright and beautiful, onto a 12 foot screen. The Sharks arrive to discuss weapons to use in the rumble. Typical was John Chapman's review in the New York Daily News on September 27, 1957, headed: "West Side Story a Splendid and Super-Modern Musical Drama". Their hatred escalates to a point where neither can coexist with any form of understanding. To cheer themselves up, they lampoon Krupke and the other adults who don't understand them ("Gee, Officer Krupke"). Certificate: Passed It starred Ken Marshall as Tony, Josie de Guzman as Maria and Debbie Allen as Anita. As in Romeo and Juliet, the love between members of two rival groups in West Side Story leads to violent confrontations "and a tragic ending with an underlying message: Violence breeds violence, so make peace and learn to share turf. Riff meets Tony while he's working at Doc's Drugstore to persuade him to come. The soundtrack of the West Side Story film is deservedly one of the most popular soundtrack recordings of all time, and one of the relatively few to have attained long-term popularity beyond a specialized soundtrack/theatrical musical audience. [24] As the rehearsals wore on, Bernstein fought to keep his score together, as other members of the team called on him to cut out more and more of the sweeping or complex "operatic" passages. A grieving Anita arrives at Maria's apartment. View production, box office, & company info. Bernstein wanted to present the material in operatic form, but Robbins and Laurents resisted the suggestion. [18] When a backers' audition failed to raise any money for West Side Story late in the spring of 1957, only two months before the show was to begin rehearsals, producer Cheryl Crawford pulled out of the project. Recordings of West Side Story include the following: The 1961 film adaptation of the musical received praise from critics and the public, and became the second-highest-grossing film of the year in the United States. Bernstein was despondent, but Sondheim convinced his friend Hal Prince, who was in Boston overseeing the out-of-town tryout of the new George Abbott musical New Girl in Town, to read the script. Just as Tony sees Maria alive, Chino arrives and shoots Tony. His painted backdrops were stunning, but the sets were, for the most part, either shabby looking or too stylized. It was an almost perfect transfer from film to DVD: color, sharpness, depth. Were the songs in West Side Story eligible for an Oscar nomination? The police chase the Sharks off, and then the Jets plan how they can assure their continued dominance of the street. In spite of her attempts to conceal it, Anita sees that Tony has been with Maria, and launches an angry tirade against him ("A Boy Like That"). [16] Laurents explained the style that the creative team finally decided on: Just as Tony and Maria, our Romeo and Juliet, set themselves apart from the other kids by their love, so we have tried to set them even further apart by their language, their songs, their movement. The Broadway revival began previews at the Palace Theatre on February 23, 2009, and opened on March 19, 2009. Bernstein magnanimously removed his name as co-author of the lyrics, although Sondheim was uncertain he wanted to receive sole credit for what he considered to be overly florid contributions by Bernstein. West Side Story (Original, Musical, Drama, Broadway) opened in New York City Sep 26, 1957 and played through Jun 27, 1959. Allen won the Drama Desk Award as Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical. Director, choreographer, and idea-man Jerome Robbins has put together, and then blasted apart, the most savage, restless, electrifying dance patterns we've been exposed to in a dozen seasons .... the show rides with a catastrophic roar over the spider-web fire-escapes, the shadowed trestles, and the plain dirt battlegrounds of a big city feud ... there is fresh excitement in the next debacle, and the next. She admits that Chino has a gun and is looking for Tony. [37], A UK national tour started in 1997 and starred David Habbin as Tony, Katie Knight Adams as Maria and Anna-Jane Casey as Anita. [15] Tony and Maria's duet, "One Hand, One Heart", was originally intended for Cunegonde in Candide. Tony initially refuses, but Riff wins him over. [97][98] Kushner reportedly kept the story closer to the original Broadway musical than the 1961 film, stating that "[T]here are aspects of urban life in '57, '58, '59 that weren't touched on in the 1961 movie that we are focusing on. With the help of Oscar Hammerstein, Laurents convinced Bernstein and Sondheim to move "One Hand, One Heart", which he considered too pristine for the balcony scene, to the scene set in the bridal shop, and as a result "Tonight" was written to replace it. The cast includes Shereen Pimentel as Maria, Isaac Cole Powell as Tony, Amar Ramasar as Bernardo, Thomas Jay Ryan as Lt. Schrank and Yesenia Ayala as Anita, who is also set to appear in the upcoming film remake. From Wings to Parasite, here's a look back at all of the Best Picture Oscar winners in the history of the ceremony. Only after he completed it did the group realize it was little more than a musicalization of themes that had already been covered in plays like Abie's Irish Rose. [94] The soundtrack album won a Grammy Award and was ranked No. [70], The original Australian production opened in October 1960 at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne, before touring to the Tivoli Theatre in Sydney in February 1961. The real world has managed to intrude so much on the 2020 Broadway revival of "West Side Story" that, however one considers its artistic merits or achievements, it … Also nominated were Carol Lawrence as Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical, Max Goberman as Best Musical Director and Conductor, and Irene Sharaff for Best Costume Design. You could tell that Bernstein was holding himself back in On The Town. [78] A Philippine version played in 2008 at the Meralco Theater. [32] Robbins won the Tony Award for Best Choreographer, and Oliver Smith won the Tony for Best Scenic Designer. It ran for 732 performances before going on tour. [47] West Side Story shows how racism and xenophobia create a system that dooms the youths of working class families. [citation needed] The Japanese Takarazuka Revue has performed the show twice. West Side Story Opens December 10, 2021 Actors renowned in theater and film, those new to the silver screen, and a host of talented singers and dancers will join Steven Spielberg and his crew in bringing a new adaptation of the original, beloved stage musical West Side Stor y to the cinema for a … [61], On March 12, 2020, the show suspended production, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, until June 1, 2021 at the earliest. Before he goes, they dream of their wedding ("One Hand, One Heart"). When the knives come out, and bodies begin to fly wildly through space under buttermilk clouds, the sheer visual excitement is breathtaking .... Mr. Bernstein has permitted himself a few moments of graceful, lingering melody: in a yearning "Maria", in the hushed falling line of "Tonight", in the wistful declaration of "I Have a Love". On September 26, 1957, West Side Story, composed by Leonard Bernstein, opens at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway.For the groundbreaking musical, … Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship which may not stay platonic for long. Drama. A black police detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racially hostile southern town. Laurents asked Sondheim if he would be interested in tackling the task. 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[66] A national tour of the 2009 Broadway revival began in October 2010 at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit, Michigan, and toured for two seasons. [85] It was orchestrated by Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal following detailed instructions from Bernstein, who then wrote revisions on their manuscript (the original, heavily annotated by Ramin, Kostal and Bernstein himself is in the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library at Columbia University). Maria is young and innocent and has never known love—until Tony. Only Tony and Maria try to live in a different world". A Broadway revival opened at the Minskoff Theatre on February 14, 1980 and closed on November 30, 1980, after 333 performances. [32] The other notable cast members in the original production were: Riff: Michael Callan, A-Rab: Tony Mordente, Big Deal: Martin Charnin, Gee-Tar: Tommy Abbott, Chino: Jamie Sanchez, Rosalia: Marilyn Cooper, Consuela [sic]: Reri Grist, Doc: Art Smith and Francisca: Elizabeth Taylor. Serenade ultimately was shelved. I've had it in my hand a couple of times before but have always put it back on the shelf. After Riff is killed, Ice takes control of the Jets, rather than Action. [19] Every other producer had already turned down the show, deeming it too dark and depressing. The set consists mostly of large screens featuring video, several cast members carry iPhones, and the Jets are not all white. Language posed a problem; four-letter curse words were uncommon in the theater at the time, and slang expressions were avoided for fear they would be dated by the time the production opened. [59] The production also drew some criticism for its casting of Ramasar, who has been accused of sexually inappopriate behaviour and was fired from the New York City Ballet and suspended from Carousel, as well as the graphic staging of the Jets' assault and attempted rape of Anita which, together, "sends a message that women’s bodies are collateral damage in male artistic success". The numbers were almost self-censored. A naive hustler travels from Texas to New York City to seek personal fortune, finding a new friend in the process. The feuding families become two warring New York City gangs--the white Jets led by Riff and the Latino Sharks, led by Bernardo. Robbins kept the cast members playing the Sharks and the Jets separate in order to discourage them from socializing with each other and reminded everyone of the reality of gang violence by posting news stories on the bulletin board backstage. Doc arrives and stops them. [1] It was inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. 133 of 172 people found this review helpful. As seen in West Side Story, the Broadway musical is a collaborative medium which involves the librettist, composer, lyricist, director, and choreographer how to best convey the story they wish to tell. Maria counters by telling Anita how powerful love is ("I Have a Love"), and Anita realizes that Maria loves Tony as much as she had loved Bernardo. Direction and choreography were reproduced by Lee Theodore, and scenery was by Oliver Smith. Blissfully unaware that the rumble has taken place with fatal consequences, Maria giddily sings to her friends Rosalia, Consuelo, Teresita, and Francisca that she is in love ("I Feel Pretty"). [48] Olivo won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress, while Scaglione was nominated for the award for Leading Actress. Maria has just arrived from Puerto Rico for her arranged marriage to Chino, a friend of Bernardo's. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman. [39] The original scenic, lighting, and costume designs were used. Walter Kerr wrote in the New York Herald Tribune on September 27, 1957:[82]. Now they actually will be. Feeling there is no longer anything to live for, Tony leaves to find Chino, begging for him to shoot him as well. The original orchestra consisted of 31 players: a large Broadway pit orchestra enhanced to include 5 percussionists, a guitarist and a piano/celesta player.[87]. Gradually, all the members of both gangs assemble on either side of Tony's body, showing that the feud is over. [51] In July 2010, the producers reduced the size of the orchestra, replacing five musicians with an off-stage synthesizer. [20] In his memoirs, Prince recalled, "Sondheim and Bernstein sat at the piano playing through the music, and soon I was singing along with them."[16]. Anybodys arrives and tells the Jets that she has been spying on the Puerto Ricans; she has discovered that Chino has a gun and is looking for Tony. [108][109], From 1973 to 2004, Wild Side Story, a camp parody musical, based loosely on West Side Story and adapting parts of the musical's music and lyrics, was performed a total of more than 500 times in Miami Beach, Florida, Stockholm, Gran Canaria and Los Angeles. The gang separates to find Tony and protect him. This time I went through with the purchase and am now wondering what could have come over me, not buying it before.Those here who have said you really need to watch it on the Big Screen are absolutely right. [77] A French language adaptation, translated by Philippe Gobeille, opened in Montreal, Quebec, in March 2008. [9] Bernstein and Laurents, who had been blacklisted for alleged communist activities, worked with Robbins even though he had cooperated with the House Un-American Activities Committee. This is a bold new kind of musical theatre – a juke-box Manhattan opera. [17], The show was nearly complete in the fall of 1956, but almost everyone on the creative team needed to fulfill other commitments first. Initially he resisted, because he was determined to write the full score for his next project (Saturday Night had been aborted). The members of the Sharks, from Puerto Rico, are taunted by the Jets, a white gang. Her character is based on Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, who falls in love with Romeo (Tony). A 1961 musical film adaptation, co-directed by Robert Wise and Robbins, starred Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris and Russ Tamblyn. Unfortunately, the Jets, who have found Tony, have congregated at Doc's, and they taunt Anita with racist slurs and eventually attempt rape. Maxine Gordon was Anybodys. [citation needed] Canada's Stratford Shakespeare Festival performed West Side Story in 1999, starring Tyley Ross as Tony and Ma-Anne Dionisio as Maria, and again in 2009,[73] The Austrian Bregenz Festival presented West Side Story in the German translation by Prawy in 2003 and 2004, directed by Francesca Zambello, followed by a German tour. [59] The original balletic, finger snapping choreography is replaced by swaggering, hip-hop and latin-influenced dancing. Written by Other notable cast members included Suzuko Mimori as Anita, Ryuji Kamiyama as Riff, and Masataka Nakagauchi as Bernardo. Riff helps them let out their aggression ("Cool"). Meanwhile, Anita, Rosalia, and the other Shark girls discuss the differences between the territory of Puerto Rico and the mainland United States of America, with Anita defending America, and Rosalia yearning for Puerto Rico ("America"). [25] The pre-Broadway run in Washington, D.C. was a critical and commercial success, although none of the reviews mentioned Sondheim, listed as co-lyricist, who was overshadowed by the better-known Bernstein. The surround sound knocked my socks off from the opening aerial ambiance of Manhattan streets to the orchestrations themselves. Robert Jeffrey took over from David Holliday as Tony and Jill Martin played Maria. Other notable cast members included Brent Barrett as Diesel, Harolyn Blackwell as Francisca, Stephen Bogardus as Mouth Piece and Reed Jones as Big Deal. The production transferred to London's West End opening at the Prince Edward Theatre in October 1998, transferring to the Prince of Wales Theatre where it closed in January 2000. [12], The original book Laurents wrote closely adhered to Romeo and Juliet, but the characters based on Rosaline and the parents of the doomed lovers were eliminated early on. [44][45][46] In August 2009, some of the lyrics for "A Boy Like That" ("Un Hombre Asi") and "I Feel Pretty" ("Me Siento Hermosa"), which were previously sung in Spanish in the revival, were changed back to the original English. Action has taken charge; he accepts Anybodys into the Jets and includes her in the search. The Minskoff production subsequently opened the Nervi Festival in Genoa, Italy, in July 1981 with Josie de Guzman as Maria and Brent Barrett as Tony. the Jets dance across the streets of New York, eventually coming to a playground where they toss around a basketball. When hero Larry Kert is stomping out the visionary insistence of "Something's Coming" both music and tumultuous story are given their due. [22], Throughout the rehearsal period, the New York newspapers were filled with articles about gang warfare, keeping the show's plot timely. West Side Story is an upcoming American romantic musical drama film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg, with a screenplay by Tony Kushner and choreography by Justin Peck. The two met at The Beverly Hills Hotel, and the conversation turned to juvenile delinquent gangs, a fairly recent social phenomenon that had received major coverage on the front pages of the morning newspapers due to a Chicano turf war. The story is set in the mid 1950s in the Upper West Side of New York City, a multiracial, blue-collar neighborhood. The radioactive fallout from West Side Story must still be descending on Broadway this morning. It consists of nine movements: Prologue (Allegro Moderato), "Somewhere" (Adagio), Scherzo (Vivace e Leggiero), Mambo (Meno Presto), Cha-Cha (Andantino Con Grazia), Meeting Scene (Meno Mosso), "Cool" Fugue (Allegretto), Rumble (Molto Allegro), Finale (Adagio). [42][43] The production wove Spanish lyrics and dialogue into the English libretto. The film was nominated for eleven Academy Awards and won ten, including George Chakiris for Supporting Actor, Rita Moreno for Supporting Actress, and Best Picture. [citation needed], Staatstheater Nürnberg staged a production in Germany from 1972 in a German translation by Marcel Prawy, starring Barry Hanner as Tony and Glenda Glayzer as Maria. The girl has survived the Holocaust and emigrated from Israel; the conflict was to be centered around anti-Semitism of the Catholic "Jets" towards the Jewish "Emeralds" (a name that made its way into the script as a reference). Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy. Angry at the death of another friend, the Jets move towards the Sharks but Maria takes Chino's gun and tells everyone that "all of [them]" killed Tony and the others because of their hate for each other, and, "Now I can kill too, because now I have hate!" It goes terribly wrong, and before the lovers know what's happened, tragedy strikes and doesn't stop until the climactic and heartbreaking ending. West Side Story was actually the first piece of popular music our family ever allowed into the home. The film's screenplay is expected to hew more closely to the Broadway script than to the 1961 film adaptation directed by Robert Wise and J… [11] Meanwhile, Laurents had written a new draft of the book changing the characters' backgrounds: Anton, once an Irish American, was now of Polish and Irish descent, and the formerly Jewish Maria had become a Puerto Rican. [2] The young protagonist, Tony, a former member of the Jets and best friend of the gang's leader, Riff, falls in love with Maria, the sister of Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks. She appears on her fire escape, and the two profess their love for one another ("Tonight"). The sound of approaching police sirens is heard, and everyone scatters, except Tony, who stands in shock at what he has done. The photography used the wide screen format uncompromisingly. Although I think I've seen just about every musical there is from the forties to the seventies, I'd never seen West Side Story until last night. You can view additional information about each West Side Story actor on … [105] The 2005 short musical comedy film West Bank Story, which won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, concerns a love story between a Jew and a Palestinian and parodies several aspects of West Side Story. Maria is a Puerto Rican migrant. The show had an even longer-running London production, a number of revivals and international productions. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? West Side Story is the award-winning adaptation of the classic romantic tragedy "Romeo and Juliet". The show lampoons the musical's tragic love story, and also lip-synching and drag shows. West Side Story opened at New York's Winter Garden Theater on September 26, 1957, and has remained in the repertory ever since. [74] An international tour (2005–2010), directed and choreographed by Joey McKneely played in Tokyo, Paris, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Singapore, São Paulo, France, Taiwan, China, Italy, Rotterdam and Spain. [citation needed], A 2000 Hong Kong production had Cantonese lyrics and featured Hong Kong rock star Paul Wong as Tony. Directed by Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise. It was directed and choreographed by Robbins, with the book scenes co-directed by Gerald Freedman; produced by Gladys Nederlander and Tom Abbott and Lee Becker Theodore assisted the choreography reproduction. Maria works in a bridal shop with Anita, the girlfriend of her brother, Bernardo. [102] In the third season of the series Glee, three episodes feature characters auditioning, rehearsing and performing a school production of West Side Story. I remember Bernstein in the documentary about the concert version of West Side Story saying, aside to the camera, after "Cool, Boy" was recorded, "You know, this is pretty good..." One of the great understatements, even if coming from the music's creator.See this film. [40], In 2007, Arthur Laurents stated, "I've come up with a way of doing [West Side Story] that will make it absolutely contemporary without changing a word or a note. In 1947, Jerome Robbins approached Leonard Bernstein and Arthur Laurents about collaborating on a contemporary musical adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. This is followed by a monologue by the ineffective Lt. Schrank trying to find out the location of the rumble. It received the most Academy Awards (10 wins) of any musical film, including Best Picture. West Side Story tells a story of how Tony (a polish America who used to lead the local gang, the jets) and Maria (a Puerto Rican teen part of the rivaling gang) find love despite their backgrounds and public opinions. The production's national tour was launched on July 1, 1959, in Denver and then played in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Boston. Directed by Steven Spielberg. The dark theme, sophisticated music, extended dance scenes, and focus on social problems marked a turning point in musical theatre.
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