The Sharks and the Jets
There are only two gangs in West Side Story.
The two rival gangs are the Sharks and the Jets.
West Side Story - Original Broadway Cast - was created in 1957.
Love and the rivalry between the gangs - the Sharks and the Jets.
Like Gangs and what Michael would do in that situation. Like West Side Story :)
It is a modern day Romeo and Juliet. The story of two lovers who come from enemy families (Gangs, in the case of West Side Story). It's the story of their forbidden love.
The jets were the Americans the Sharks were the puerto ricans
The original conception of the idea was in 1949 but in 1955 with an influx of Puerto Ricans settling on the West Side the story was changed to 'West Side Story'. In 1957 the show opens.
the opening scene where the gangs dance fight until the police breaks it up
No, all the violence in West Side Story is done as strictly choreographed dance and there were no real gangs with those names when the musical, West Side Story, was written.
Tony and Maria's older brother get killed.
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