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].

Maria sings songs like:"Maria","Tonight",One Hand, One Heart","Tonight Quintet","I Feel Pretty",Somewhere,"I Have a Love","Somewhere"

The Jets: Riff, Tony, Action, Diesel (daddio), Snowboy, A-Rab, Baby John, Big Deal,

Ice (only in the film, Gee-Tar, Tiger, and Mouth Piece

The Sharks: Bernado, Chino, Pepe, Indio, Luis, Anxious, Toro, Nibbles, Moose, Juano

The Adults: Officer Krupke, Doc, Lt. Schrank, Glad Hand

The Jet Girls: Velma (Riff's girl in the play, Ice's girl in the film), Graziella (Diesel's girl in the play, Riff's girl in the film), Anybodys (a tomboy who wishes to become a Jet), Minnie (Baby John's girl), Clarice (Big Deal's girl), and Pauline (everybody's girl)

The Shark Girls: Maria (Bernardo's sister, falls in love with Tony), Anita (Bernado's GF) Consuelo (Shark girl with dyed blonde hair, Pepe's girl), Rosalia (who wants to return to Puerto Rico, Indio's girl) ,Teresita ,Estella , Margarita and Francisca

Natalie Wood as Maria (singing voice Marni Nixon)

there are many dance styles used in west side story. jazz, ballet, musical theartre and even some tango. but the styles of dance used in west side story look different to what they look like now.

Tony (lyric baritone or tenor)young (between 18-25), self-assured, passionate yet gentle Polish-American, Riff's best friend and former Jet leader

The musical does have some truth to it. Even though it is not completely autobiographical. In the time that the musical was based on the truth was that there was friction between a growing population of Latin American immigrants. Gangs would fight eachother. West Side Story is also a version of Romeo and Juliet if you look at the story line except Maria does not die in the end.

# Overture" # "Prologue" # "Jet Song" # "Something's Coming" # "Dance at the Gym" # "Maria" # "America" # "Tonight" # "Gee, Officer Krupke" # "Intermission" # "I Feel Pretty" # "One Hand, One Heart" # "Quintet" # "The Rumble" # "Somewhere" # "Cool" # "A Boy Like That/I Have a Love" # "Finale" # "End Credits"

the moral of West Side Story is that 1st of all you shouldn't hate others and 2nd that if you kill one person on the other side someone on your side will suffer... it has the same moral as Romeo and Juliet but that's obvious.

Russ Tamblyn

They were one of the two rival street gangs. Tony, the male lead, is a member of the Jets. The Sharks are first generation Puerto Ricans. The rivalry beween these two gangs reflects the rivalry between the Montagues and Capulets in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

Yes - with Marni Nixon dubbing the singing

in west side story maria and tony are together. in the outsiders nobody is together. in the outsiders johnny and dally die and in wws three people die. in the outsider ponyboy and friends are not a gang they are like brothers and they have no leaderand but in wws they are a gang with a leader

Largely in Los Angeles on sets designed by Boris Leven. The opening sequence was shot on the streets of New York City - mainly in the area where the Lincoln Center campus of Fordham University now stands.

All of the main characters did: Riff and all the Jets Bernardo and all the Sharks AnitaMaria and Tony. The only people who don't sing are Officer Krupke, Lgt. Shrank, Anybodys, the Jet and Shark girls.Although in the 1961 movie, Krupke and Shrank have their little scene where we see them in the car probably finding where the Rumble is.

Tony is cool because he tries to rise over gang life.

Tucker Smith joined the Broadway production of West Side Story in 1958 and went on its national tour in 1959. He was one of the few cast members from the stage production picked to appeared in the movie version of West Side Story. After the movie, Smith would continue his association with West Side Story, playing the part of "Riff" in the Los Angeles production (1962) and in Tokyo, Japan (1964). 1964 was a particularly busy year for Smith, aparting from touring in Japan, he was in the Broadway musical "Anyone Can Whistle", which however, lasted only 9 performances because of bad reviews. He would also performed at the Dupont Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair in the musical "The Wonderful World of Chemistry". Smith would go on to perform at nightclubs, Las Vegas shows, stage productions in the US and overseas, cabarets and has even toured internationally with his own nightclub act. He would continued to appear in films such as "Hello Dolly", "The Producers", "At Long Last Love", but often as an uncredited dancer. Later on he would appear as an extra and do walk-on parts on TV shows such as "Private Benjamin", "The A-Team", and "Police Squad!". For a time in the 1970s, Smith would own and operated a bar in North Hollywood called "Tucker's Turf". Tucker Smith died of cancer on December 22nd 1988 at the age of 52 at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Author David Ehrenstein said that the cancer was AIDS-related. He also said that Smith was openly gay, which was one reason why Smith didn't prusue a Hollywood career.

She dies in the Broadway version because she is shot by Diesel when leaving the candy store after telling the Jets Maria is dead.

However in the movie version she lives.

Having her live is more accurate to the original Romeo and Juliet, in which the nurse (the character Anita is based on) does not die.

The reason they did not have Maria die, though, was because it seemed like too much death, so having Anita die doesn't make much sense with that, but maybe that's why she doesn't die in the movie.

Check out the synopsis here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Story

The idea came about because of the surge of immigrants in the late 1940s and early 1950s in New York City. Originally the musical was supposed to be about a gang of Jewish immigrants rivalling a gang of Catholic Americans, but this plot was felt to have been seen before, and so it was changed to Americans vs. Puerto Ricans, because that idea felt much more original and relevant to the current times.

Rita Moreno, she also won the academy award for best supporting actress for West Side Story 1961.

The musical "West Side Story" debuted on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theater on September 26th, 1957.

Bernardo, Maria's brother, who is later killed by Tony.

Bernardo is Maria's brother, Anita's boyfriend, and the leader of the Sharks.