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The last line of the song (performed as a "Shave and a Haircut" fanfare) is "Gee, Officer Krupke – Krup you!"Lyricist Stephen Sondheim originally wanted to break a then-existing Broadway taboo by ending the song with "Gee, Officer Krupke – fuck you!", but Columbia Records, which owned the rights to the cast album, told Sondheim that the album could then not be shipped to other states ...
West Side Story is a 2021 American musical romantic drama film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Tony Kushner.The second feature-length adaptation of the 1957 stage musical, [9] [10] which was itself inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, it stars Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler, the latter making her film debut, with Ariana DeBose, David ...
Next Big Thing West Side Story: Nominated [56] March 1, 2022 Studio Movie West Side Story: Nominated [57] [58] Film Performance Ariana DeBose Runner-up ReFrame: March 1, 2022 The ReFrame Stamp: West Side Story: Won [59] St. Louis Film Critics Association: December 19, 2021: Best Film: West Side Story: Nominated [60] Best Director: Steven ...
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 in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, then a multiracial , blue-collar neighborhood.
After the film, Smith continued his association with West Side Story. He played Riff in both the 1962 Los Angeles [5] and 1963 Sacramento productions of the musical, the latter with Sylvia Lewis in the role of Anita. [6] He reprised the role again in 1964, when West Side Story went on tour in Tokyo, Japan. [7]
Harvey Weinstein’s legal team saw some hope on the horizon when Bill Cosby’s indecent assault conviction was overturned three years ago by Pennsylvania’s top court.
The Wall Street Journal reviewer Will Friedwald wrote, "There's every reason to hope that Steven Spielberg's remake of West Side Story will improve upon the 1961 film, but I doubt if we'll ever hear a more thrilling interpretation of that immortal score than that of the Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band." [3]
"One Hand, One Heart" is a song from the musical West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim.It is a duet sung between Maria and Tony while they have a make-believe wedding, as seen in the stage version and 1961 film, while in the 2021 film, they sing it as they pledge their love to one another inside a church at The Cloisters as part of their date.