West Side Story

Well,she was a dramatic soprano with a vocal range near 3 octave its. She reached C6 in casta diva and we can see her singing that high note C6 easily she never screamed at all. It means she reached higher notes without falsetto

In the Mexico City performance of Verdi's Aida (available on CD) she went up to the Eb over high C at the end of the Triumphal scene. Only one or two sopranos in history have ever done that. It's a stunt, as Verdi has the voice go down after a high Bb.

don't waste your time...as long as you are alive, keep yourself loving and caring your friends, loved ones, specially your family...don't waste your time being mad to other people.. just be happy and don't forget GOD as the center of your life...

West Side Story first opened on Broadway in September 26, 1957. The production ran for 732 performances at the Winter Garden Theatre before touring and then returning to the Winter Garden Theatre in 1960 for another 253 performance engagement. It ended in 1960. It was later revived in 2009.

Even though she was a small character,she still had a big part in the musical. She showed how the people were in gangs.

Early in the play, the dialogue suggests that Anybodys' mother is a prostitute. One could logically infer that when Anybodys was born, and her mother was asked to identify the father, the answer may well have been, "Oh, she could be anybody's." My guess is that the name stuck.

In 1948, Jerome Robbins brought together composer Leonard Bernstein and playwright Arthur Laurents (his first experience at a Librettist) to work on a modern musical version of Romeo and Juliet called East Side Story. East Side Story was the original concept and was later renamed West Side Story.

Citation: Broadway Musicals Show by Show, Sixth Edition, 2008, Stanley Green,

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opened on June 3, 1975 at the 46th Street Theatre, and ran for a total of 936 performances, closing on August 27, 1977. The opening night cast starred Chita Rivera as Velma Kelly, Gwen Verdon as Roxie Hart, and Jerry Orbach as Billy Flynn. Velma Kelly had been a comparatively minor character in all versions of Chicagoprior to the musical rendering. The role was fleshed out to balance Chita Rivera's role opposite Gwen Verdon's Roxie Hart. The musical received mixed reviews. The Brechtian style of the show, which frequently dropped the fourth wall, made audiences uncomfortable. It brought attention to the fact that the show was really about the world we live in, paralleling the glamorization of criminals with how society itself makes criminals into celebrities.

The conflict in West Side Story is the conflict between "natives" and "immigrants." In this case the natives are the white Jets and the immigrants are the Puerto Rican Sharks, both street gangs in late 1950s New York City. The story, and the conflict, is a retelling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, with the rival families recast as rival street gangs.

In the 1961 movie "West Side Story" Anita was played by Rita Moreno

Carol Lawrence - Maria Larry Kert - Tony Chita Rivera - Anita Grover Dale - Snowboy

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It is based on Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.

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.

At the end of the movie it shows everyone leaving after Maria yells at the sharks and the jets because the gangs are to blame for Tony's death. She leaves first and the gangs follow, it doesn't show her commiting suicide but she may have after the movie ended. I doubt it though.

There are two gangs: The Sharks and The Jets.

Based on Romeo & Juliet, West Side Story is a late-1950's Broadway musical that opened in NYC's Winter Garden in late September 1957. Although it played in New York and many other big US Cities for a good while, it was made into a spectacular movie, which came out four years later, helping to popularize this dynamically great musical.

I think that it is 3rd view

In West Side story Tony Works For Doc At The Local Candy/Drug Store !

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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