The two stories‚ Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ and West Side Story by Arthur Lourents‚ are two passionate love stories who focus on the themes‚ love and conflict. The two texts are about lovers who are not allowed to be together but do so on the down low‚ and the forbidden relationships spark deaths of people close to their hearts. Throughout the story Romeo and Juliet find themselves consumed by love‚ and the forbidden love caused violent events to occur. Romeo falls in love with Juliet
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In the last century‚ two musicals have stood out from there comic counterparts. Les Misérables and West Side Story tell more serious stories and have captivated audiences with revivals and film versions. Both are based on classic literature‚ and share universal and relatable social problems. West Side Story created by Lenard Bernstein‚ Steven Sondheim‚ Arthur Laurents‚ and Jerome Robbins tell the story of Romeo and Juliet in 1950s New York. Les Misérables by Composer Claude-Michael Schonberg and lyricist
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Two stories of two love birds who were so deeply in love but‚ couldn’t be together due to the cruel fate. One story was based on a book and the other one was based on a poem. In face it is commonly known that Willian Shakespeare stole the story from a poem that was written by Arthur Brooke and West Side Story was kind of based of off Romeo & Juliet. Both stores are really romantic. Overall both of them are beautiful musical play/ movie. The love birds met at the dance where they deeply fell in love
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West Side Story The drama/musical‚ which parodies the story of Romeo & Juliet‚ takes place in a city of New York‚ probably in the early 50’s late 40’s. It is a tale of two rival gangs‚ which despises the other in a vicious circle of hate. Riff leader of the Jets; a group mainly of Polish origin and the Sharks of Spanish origin with their leader Bernardo. It seems as though the two rivals have been at their quarrels since before the story took place. Through mysterious fate the neutral one’s
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Themes of West Side Story: Peer pressure: this is seen when the gangs are about to have a rumble and some of the members don’t want to use weapons or even fight. By looking at this scene closely you see that they seem to be forced to do so to stay in that gang. As well as Maria being forced to accept Chino’s marriage proposal which is also in Romeo and Juliet where Juliet is being forced to marry. Family: There is a bond between Maria and Bernardo that is seen‚ where Bernardo is seen as being
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Concert Report In America‚ the most famous Vietnamese music show is Paris by night hosted by Thuy Nga Entertainment Center. Paris by night is the music show that performed by Vietnamese pop singers and comedians. I have been in USA for 4 years but the first time I had a chance to attend Paris by night show was last year. It was Paris by night 104 at Las Vegas. The concert was performed Theater for the Performing Arts (Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino)‚ 3667 Las Vegas Boulevard South‚ in 2 days September
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and thoughtful friend) About – The play is a tragedy about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. The Montague’s and Capulet’s do not get on at all. Comparison: In both Romeo and Juliet & West Side Story there are two ‘rival’ gangs/families which both hate each other. The main male characters have many things in common. In fact‚ Toni (WWS) and Romeo (R+J) both miss the beginning fight at the beginning of the plays; they both fall in love and end
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Alex Lee 5/8/14 Smith Concert Report On August 31‚ 2013 from 2:00 - 4:00 PM‚ I attended my very first live concert at the Anthology Film Archives in New York City. Unlike most performers‚ the performer I watched actually doesn’t exist‚ confusing right? The performer I watched was Hatsune Miku. She is a humanoid persona voiced by a singing synthesizer application called Vocaloid (Vocal‚ Humanoid)‚ Hatsune Miku was developed by Cypton Future Media. The developers of Hatsune Miku commemorate her 7th
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Rob Wettle Enjoyment of Music November 17‚ 2011 The Northwest Symphony orchestra Fall Concert November 13‚ 2012 Concert Report I attended the fall concert for the Northwest’s Symphony Orchestra on the night of November 13‚ 2012 at HMLA. They played a number of pieces including a piece with a soloist from a tremendous flute player. Personally‚ sitting through this concert though was torture from a musical standpoint. Their first piece started right away not together in the brass section
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Music” Concert Report The Igudesman & Joo: “Big Nightmare Music” concert premiered in Wright Auditorium on April 13th‚ 2012; accompanied by the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. Imagine Mozart taken over by Monty Python and you have some idea of the humor/seriousness created at the highest level of musicianship on stages around the world. Violinist Aleksey Igudesman‚ and pianist Hyung-ki Joo are both classically-trained artists who bring a show-stopping‚ unique approach to the concert performance
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