is the disagreeing of love between Romeo and Juliet and Tony and Maria. Romeo and Juliet are not wanted to see each other because Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. Similarly‚ Tony and Maria cannot be together because Tony is a Shark and Maria is a Jet. When Bernardo see’s Tony and Maria kissing at the dance he runs over and pushes him of f her‚ “Get your hands of American‚ stay away from my sister.” Then he says to Maria‚ “Can’t you see he’s one of them?” One major difference between
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West Side Story transfers Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to present-day New York. The love story of Romeo and Juliet becomes that of Maria and Tony. The feud between the houses of the Capulets and the Montagues is re-created in one involving two teen-age gangs‚ the Jets and the Sharks. The famous balcony scene of the Shakespeare drama transpires on a fire-escape of an ugly New York tenement. The curtain rises on a bleak scene representing a warehouse. For the next five minutes not a word is spoken
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and gay. And I pity any girl who isn’t me tonight”. One of the most popular songs from the world wide successful musical West Side Story. The book was written by Arthur Laurents. Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and Music by Leonard Bernstein. The star Maria who moved from Puerto Rico to live in New York wasn’t feeling pretty all the time. It was a temporary joy when she decided to love the American sharks gang member Tony. Her love lead to many major problems that she might have been able to avoid if
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agrees. Bernardo’s sister Maria‚ newly arrived from Puerto Rico to marry his friend Chino‚ attends the dance and despite the obvious hatred between the gangs meets Tony‚ who at once falls in love with her. Later‚ after the dance‚ while the gangs begin to assemble at Doc’s drugstore to choose a place and weapons for their rumble‚ Tony visits Maria on the fire escape of her apartment‚ and they pledge their love‚ promising to meet the next afternoon at the bridal shop where Maria works. As he departs
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consider themselves the true Americans. The young protagonist‚ Tony‚ one of the Jets‚ falls in love with Maria‚ the sister of Bernardo‚ the leader of the Sharks. The dark theme‚ sophisticated music‚ extended dance scenes‚ and focus on social problems marked a turning point in American musical theatre. Bernstein’s score for the musical has become extremely popular; it includes "Something’s Coming"‚ "Maria"‚ "America"‚ "Somewhere"‚ "Tonight"‚ "Jet Song"‚ "I Feel Pretty"‚ "One Hand‚ One Heart"‚ and "Cool"
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Story No 10: Tonight (Ensemble) Maria‚ Tony‚ Anita‚ Riff‚ Bernardo‚ Jets and Sharks In this number‚ all the participants talk about the eventful evening they feel is ahead‚ each with their own thoughts on what will happen. There are three trains of thought: 1 Riff and Bernardo - thinking (in terms of their own gangs) of the fight arranged for later that evening 2 Anita - thinking about her ’nocturnal activities’ with Bernardo after the fight 3 Tony and Maria - more romantic love‚ idealised‚
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Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. West Side Story’s theme is centered on the struggles of two groups of racially separated young people‚ and how their environment has molded them. The movie revolves around two protagonists‚ Tony‚ a white ex-jet‚ and Maria‚ the sister of Bernando‚ the leader of the sharks. The two develop a relationship after falling in love at a dance. This story is a retelling of “Romeo and Juliet”‚ with similar events unfolding as the story progresses. The “Jets” the white ethnic
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The films show the story of two young lovers that belonged to opposite gangs. Tony‚ a former member of the Jets (the American gang)‚ fell in love for Maria‚ Bernardo’s sister. Bernardo led the Puerto Rican gang‚ the Sharks. Both gangs were in continuous conflict‚ but everything got worse after Tony met Maria. Both gangs were against the union of Maria and Tony‚ therefore they had a rumble to try to “fix” the problem. Tony was not going to take part of the rumble‚ but he showed up to try to stop the
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through the gangs‚ song and dance‚ and relationships. Tony and Maria’s relationship was filled with alienation. Tony is from the Jets and Maria is from the Sharks‚ star crossed lovers. Tony and Maria’s relationship is very similar to Romeo and Juliet. Both couples fall deeply in love with one another‚ despite the deferent sides they were on. When Tony and Maria met each other for the first time the camera zoomed up on them‚ as the background got blurry. “Slowly‚ as though in a dream‚ they drift into
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West Side Story: Education Beyond the Classroom Being at an Ivy League institution‚ it is easy to think that the best learning experiences for a student comes from the classroom‚ but I was able to witness that this is not always the case. This semester I had the privilege of participating in Melodramatics production of West Side Story. I was cast as Chino‚ second hand man of his best friend Bernardo who is the leader of the Puerto Rican gang called the Sharks. I was a bit unfamiliar with West Side
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