West Side Story

Bernstein / Laurents · 1957 CE · Play · Modern / American · Contemporary

On the West Side of Manhattan the Jets and the Sharks fight over blocks, and a former Jet falls for the sister of the Sharks' leader at a neighborhood dance. A rumble is arranged for the next night, and the two try to keep something private clear of it. Romeo and Juliet recast as ethnic turf war.

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• adapts ↑ Romeo and Juliet
  William Shakespeare · c. 1597 CE · Play
• ↓ West Side Story
  Jerome Robbins / Robert Wise · 1961 CE · Film — adapts this

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• West Side Story
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