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
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differences of West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet‚ the modern director captures Shakespeare’s original themes and ideas in West Side Story. Because West Side Story is a movie musical‚ it will be a lot of narrative conveyed through the song. While in the Romeo and Juliet we will be more find the characters says to himself or herself using poetic words of Shakespeare. That is the general differences that clearly visible on both movies. But if we examine in more detail‚ the movie West Side Story and Romeo
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SOMETHING’S COMING Something’s Coming appears towards the start of the musical and introduces Tony‚ the male lead. Through the song‚ the audience finds out that Tony is waiting for something to happen and feels like it will be soon. You will notice the use of muted brass in the accompaniment‚ a subtle jazz reference that places the piece in the mid 1900s. The verse comprises of push rhythms on “could be” and “who knows” that fall into long sustained notes over a repeated syncopated bass line
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ROMEO AND JULIET COMPARISON IN THEMES • The overriding theme‚ of course‚ between the two stories – Romeo and Juliet and The West Side Story is love – deep‚ intense and passionate love that defies friendship‚ family and everything in between. This point is reinforced when Maria later disregards the death of her brother‚ Bernardo‚ at the hands of Tony and agrees to marry him‚ consummation sealing the deal. • In the original play‚ Romeo is a pre-buscent teen‚ portrayed as a romantic‚ yet
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Romeo and Juliet versus West Side Story By Kirk Forte’ Romeo and Juliet‚ West Side Story‚ two timeless dramas that will live forever. Although both of these stories have many similarities‚ there are also many differences. These differences include the differences in sililoquy‚ the fact that Maria doesn’t die‚ the fact that we never see Tony or Maria’s parents‚ as well as the issues of marriage‚ the importance of gangs and families to each story. To understand these differences‚ I have
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The play‚ West Side Story‚ was written by Arthur Laurents. West Side Story‚ the movie‚ was produced in 1961‚ featured Natalie Wood as Maria‚ and was directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. There are some major differences between the two works. For example‚ some of the musical numbers switched places in the movie. Also‚ the song “America‚” is different in the movie than in the play. In the movie many of the characters were different‚ and some of the lines differed as well. In the movie‚ the
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Romeo & Juliet vs. West Side Story What would Romeo and Juliet be like if Juliet hadn’t died? What if Paris killed Romeo‚ instead of vice versa? What if instead of occurring several centuries ago‚ it took place on the streets of New York City during the 1950s‚ with a bunch of fresh-faced youths posing as street toughs and dancing and singing their hearts out? Well‚ just take a look at West Side Story‚ and you will have your answers. It is impossible for anyone familiar with both texts to not
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West Side Story written by Arthur Laurents is actually a modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The West Side Story is set in Upper West Side Manhattan. It is about rivalry between two teenage gangs of different backgrounds. Anton‚ a member of the white gang‚ fell in love with Maria‚ the sister of the leader of the rival Puerto Rican gang. Romeo and Juliet is undoubtedly the most popular romantic love story to ever hit the literary world. It talks about intense passion between the
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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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