Romeo and Juliet
Answer West Side Story is based on Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare. So is High School Musical!
If you were to look at the genre of a song from the Lion King on, say iTunes, it would describe it as either "Broadway", "Musical", or "Soundtrack". Though this is true, all of these genres (which pretty much mean the same thing) can be further split into Musical genres. Lion King could be classified as Musical Contemporary (based on the musical styles), Musical Family Comedy (based on the story line) or simply Disney Musical because Disney is, indeed, its own genre.
Musical Theatre dance is a style of dance were there is a story involved and the dancer has to become the character. Usually the style is based on fun and the characters sometimes mischievous.
A musical is a play that focuses on a musical presentation. A play focuses mainly on a story.
It is based of a true story, the story of the Von Trapp family. There is a book written by the real Maria Von Trapp, called the Von Trapp family singers
Answer West Side Story is based on Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare. So is High School Musical!
"Hamlet," which won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1948, was based on Shakespeare's play of the same title. But the musical "West Side Story," which was named Best Picture of 1961, was patterned after Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet."
No, it was based on Shakespeare's Hamlet
A short story by Shakespeare.
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The musical version of the movie based on Patricia Rensick's story was scored by composer Danny Elfman.
West Side Story is of course based loosely on the plot of William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It doesn't have anything to do with ancient Greek tragedy, but the story is similar to one told by the Latin writer Ovid about Pyramus and Thisbe.
The musical West Side Story is based off of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Many comparisons can be made between the struggle of the groups, the love of the main characters, and various deaths on either side of the conflict.
Answer The time and place of a story is usually called its setting, or where and when it is set. For example, West Side Story is based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet and the setting is New York City in the 1950s. The movie High School Musical is also based on Romeo and Juliet and is set in modern day America.
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The full title of the Shakespeare play often called "Othello" is "The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice." There are operas and other musical pieces based on the story and in some of these the name is spelled "Otello."
No. None of Shakespeare's works are based on the Cinderella story. It was a folktale in France, but was never written down until Charles Perreault did in 1697, about 100 years after Shakespeare. It is possible and even likely that Shakespeare did not know the Cinderella story.Only two of Shakespeare's plays are not based closely on a previous play, story or history book.