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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.
Three criminologists say the 1961 film 'West Side Story' popularized fictions about gangs — and wrongly influenced public opinion and public policy.
Myles O'Donnell was an Irish American bootlegger and mobster during the Roaring Twenties in Chicago during Prohibition.He was most famous for being the founder of the West-side O'Donnell Mob aka the Westside O'Donnells or West-side gang (no relation to the South Side O'Donnells, a rival gang).
West Side Story is a musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. [4] Set in the Upper West Side of New York City in the mid-20th century, the musical was inspired by tensions between gangs in the city, which were most commonly divided by race. [5]
'West Side Story,' the classic musical about star-crossed lovers and warring gangs, is on stage at Cocoa Village Playhouse through Feb. 13, 2022.
West Side Story is a 1961 American musical romantic drama film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, written by Ernest Lehman, and produced by Wise.The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same title, which in turn was inspired by Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
The first reactions to 20th Century Studios’ “West Side Story” are beginning to pour in following the film’s premiere in New York City on Monday evening. Those who attended the screening ...
Gee, Officer Krupke" is a comedy number from the 1957 musical West Side Story. The song was composed by Stephen Sondheim ( lyrics ) and Leonard Bernstein ( music ), and was featured in the Broadway musical and subsequent 1961 and 2021 films.