The name for the movie was always West Side Story. The original title for the stage version when it was first conceived (in the 40's not long after WWII) was East Side Story. The story line was to follow a Jewish girl and a Catholic boy around Easter/Passover. By the time the collaborators got around to actually writing the show though, that story line was no longer as relevant as when they had originally conceived it. After reading an article in the news paper about the prevalence of gang violence and the increase of the Puerto Rican population the collaborators decided to change it to what it is now (more or less), including the title to West Side Story.
After try-outs in Washington, DC and Philadelphia beginning in August 1957 the original Broadway production opened on September 26, 1957. The movie was released in 1961.
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.
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The Mercutio of West Side Story is Riff.
West Side Story - Original Broadway Cast - was created in 1957.
After try-outs in Washington, DC and Philadelphia beginning in August 1957 the original Broadway production opened on September 26, 1957. The movie was released in 1961.
Yes.... There where many fights in the the movie West Side Story
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.
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West Side Story was extremely successful as a movie, and, imo, one of the few musicals that was spectacularly successful on screen as well as on stage.
"West Side Story" (1961).
Leonard Bernstein was the composer. Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics.
In the 1961 movie "West Side Story" Anita was played by Rita Moreno
Jerome Robbins directed the original Broadway production.