The Sharks is the name of the street gang.
It was a song in Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story", sung by the character of Maria, the Puerto Rican female lead and sister to Bernardo, leader of the Sharks. The song describes how she felt after falling in love with Tony, a member of the rival Jets.
Rita Moreno, she also won the academy award for best supporting actress for West Side Story 1961.
In West Side Story, the 1961 musical about two street gangs from New York (Jets and Sharks). Maria's boyfriend was Chino, a member of the Sharks. Maria was a Jets girl.
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The Jets are American and the Sharks not Sparks are Puerto Rican
In the film adaption it all the 'The Sharks' (the Puerto Ricans) however in the stage production it is only the Puerto Rican woman
Rita Moreno.
PR, in West Side Story, stands for Puerto Rican, one of the large immigrant communities in New York at the time. They were the Sharks gang in the film
The author of the story "Blancaflor" is Abelardo Díaz Alfaro. This Puerto Rican tale is a classic piece of literature that tells the story of a beautiful woman trapped in a tower by her father.
It was a song in Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story", sung by the character of Maria, the Puerto Rican female lead and sister to Bernardo, leader of the Sharks. The song describes how she felt after falling in love with Tony, a member of the rival Jets.
Rita Moreno, she also won the academy award for best supporting actress for West Side Story 1961.
about 10% apparently is in spanish. supposedly, songs and dialogs by spanish (puerto rican) gang are in spanish. dont know why tho...guess just a gimmick
The modern musical "West Side Story" was inspired by Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." It explores themes of love and rivalry through the story of two young lovers from rival street gangs.