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Although the play/movie is basically "Romeo and Juliet" updated to early 1960's NYC, the music is what is the most memorable about it. Leonard Bernstein made an excellent score to it and it is what most people remember; that and the incredible opening sequence of the movie featuring the overhead shot of NYC while the gang member whistles to the other gang members.
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∙ 10y agoAn allusion is an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text. West Side Story is an allusion to Romeo and Juliet because much of the plot indirectly references the play.
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∙ 6y agoIt was not the typical boy-meets-girl romance with a happy ending. It was a tragedy based on Romeo & Juliet. Also, dance figured more prominently in advancing the plot than did previous musicals, reflecting the strengths of its director-choreographer Jerome Robbins.
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∙ 7y agoRobbins' choreography carried more of the story than any previous musical.
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∙ 7y agoDance carried more of the plot than ever before.
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∙ 7y agoIt created many more roles for latinos.
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∙ 14y agoHis wife insists.
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What is the name of the man who choreographed the west side story?
Jimbonjovio Bonjoniniola ( french )
What do Lion King Othello West Side Story She is the Man and Ten Things I Hate About You have in common?
They are all takes on Shakespearian literature.
Who was the choreographer for the 1961 movie West Side Story?
The choreographer for the 1962 film version of 'The Music Man' was Onna White [March 24, 1922-April 8, 2005]. White previously had been responsible for the choreography for the stage version, in 1958. In fact, she received a Tony Award nomination for that version. Subsequently, she received a special Oscar for her choregraphy for 'Oliver!' [1968]. She was only one of two choreographers ever to receive such an honor. On the film version of 'The Music Man', she was assisted by Tom Panko [b. ca. 1926]. Panko again assisted White with 'Bye Bye Birdi' [1963].
Is Adam West the narrator of A Christmas Story?
youre f***** wrong its adam west, AKA cat man, batman, MAYOR OF FAMILY GUY
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yes it is man vs man man vs society man vs fate and i think that's it
What is the name of the man who choreographed the west side story?
Jimbonjovio Bonjoniniola ( french )
What do Lion King Othello West Side Story She is the Man and Ten Things I Hate About You have in common?
They are all takes on Shakespearian literature.
Why A Christmas Carol story is too famous?
Its moral based story of one miserly old man changing his ways when he sees life for what it is
A passager on a bus moving east sees a man standing on a curb from the passamger's perspective the man appears to be?
If a passenger on a bus moving east sees a man standing on a curb from the passenger's perspective, the man appears to be moving west at a speed equal to the bus' speed.
Who is the narrator of the story the man of the house a world of prose?
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Who is anybodys in west side story?
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becuse se wants he to be a man becuse se wants he to be a man
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What were the conflicts in the west side story?
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What actors and actresses appeared in West Side Demise - 2005?
The cast of West Side Demise - 2005 includes: Jay Frisch as Man in store Veronica Szarejko as Woman
