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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.
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 original Bernardo and Riff look back on the 60th anniversary of "West Side Story" and look ahead ... stare each other down in a scene from 1961's West Side ... rival gangs into further ...
Westside Locos 13 or simply Westside Locos is a predominantly Latino-American street gang based in West Los Angeles with history dating back to the 1970s. [1] They reside mainly in the Odessa neighborhood, and their main subset or "clique" is Halm Avenue Gangsters or "Halm Ave", which street name represents the center of the gang's territory.
Three criminologists say the 1961 film 'West Side Story' popularized fictions about gangs — and wrongly influenced public opinion and public policy.
'West Side Story,' the classic musical about star-crossed lovers and warring gangs, is on stage at Cocoa Village Playhouse through Feb. 13, 2022.
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.
Youth gang conflict was depicted in popular media, such as West Side Story in 1957, which brought more attention to the issue. [27] The re-emergence of Midwestern gangs also occurred after the rapid increase in the black population of northern American cities. [19]