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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 .
In the original Broadway production, "Somewhere" was sung by Reri Grist who played the role of Consuelo. At the end of the show, when Tony is shot, Maria sings the first few lines of the song as he dies in her arms. In late 1957, this recording was released on the album West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast).
West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast) P. ... Somewhere – The Songs of Sondheim and Bernstein; West Side Story (1961 soundtrack)
There may be a rumble among movie musical fans when Steven Spielberg's West Side Story remake premieres in theaters on Dec. 10 — 60 years after the beloved 1961 version, co-directed by Robert ...
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.
George Chakiris (born September 16, 1932) is an American actor and dancer. He is best known for his appearance in the 1961 film version of West Side Story as Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks gang, for which he won both the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture.
A new look at West Side Story. Disney released the first trailer of Steven Spielberg‘s film adaptation of the hit musical on Sunday, April 25, during the Academy Awards. Best and Worst Movie ...
Jay Norman as Pepe (on the left) in the 1961 film adaptation of West Side Story with George Chakiris as Bernardo (centre) and Eddie Verso (Juano), right. Having graduated from the High School of the Performing Arts in New York, Verso was cast as Baby John in the 1958 London production of West Side Story after the hit Broadway musical went on tour.