between the original Romeo and Juliet and the premiere of West Side Story on Broadway in 1957. However‚ time did not change the message of the story‚ simply the creators’ unique visions evolved. Shakespeare’s delivery of the timeless tale of desperate love in his classic Romeo and Juliet proves to only intensify through retelling and modern interpretation. Audiences cherish Romeo and Juliet as one of the most beloved plays of all time from the Elizabethan Age to the present. Romeo and Juliet have
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The play‚ West Side Story‚ was written by Arthur Laurents. West Side Story‚ the movie‚ was produced in 1961‚ featured Natalie Wood as Maria‚ and was directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. There are some major differences between the two works. For example‚ some of the musical numbers switched places in the movie. Also‚ the song “America‚” is different in the movie than in the play. In the movie many of the characters were different‚ and some of the lines differed as well. In the movie‚ the
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TA 300 23 September 2012 From West Side Story to Spring Awakening: The Evolution of the American Musical Broadway‚ also known as The Great White Way‚ no matter how you chose to describe it‚ they describe a place that for over one hundred years has put on the most spectacular musicals in the world. From Ancient Greece to the Globe Theatre and finally to Broadway‚ these places have all been known for being “the” place for plays and musicals. “Broadway is the street in New York that has come
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The two stories‚ Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ and West Side Story by Arthur Lourents‚ are two passionate love stories who focus on the themes‚ love and conflict. The two texts are about lovers who are not allowed to be together but do so on the down low‚ and the forbidden relationships spark deaths of people close to their hearts. Throughout the story Romeo and Juliet find themselves consumed by love‚ and the forbidden love caused violent events to occur. Romeo falls in love with Juliet
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Two stories of two love birds who were so deeply in love but‚ couldn’t be together due to the cruel fate. One story was based on a book and the other one was based on a poem. In face it is commonly known that Willian Shakespeare stole the story from a poem that was written by Arthur Brooke and West Side Story was kind of based of off Romeo & Juliet. Both stores are really romantic. Overall both of them are beautiful musical play/ movie. The love birds met at the dance where they deeply fell in love
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West Side Story The drama/musical‚ which parodies the story of Romeo & Juliet‚ takes place in a city of New York‚ probably in the early 50’s late 40’s. It is a tale of two rival gangs‚ which despises the other in a vicious circle of hate. Riff leader of the Jets; a group mainly of Polish origin and the Sharks of Spanish origin with their leader Bernardo. It seems as though the two rivals have been at their quarrels since before the story took place. Through mysterious fate the neutral one’s
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Themes of West Side Story: Peer pressure: this is seen when the gangs are about to have a rumble and some of the members don’t want to use weapons or even fight. By looking at this scene closely you see that they seem to be forced to do so to stay in that gang. As well as Maria being forced to accept Chino’s marriage proposal which is also in Romeo and Juliet where Juliet is being forced to marry. Family: There is a bond between Maria and Bernardo that is seen‚ where Bernardo is seen as being
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do not get on at all. Comparison: In both Romeo and Juliet & West Side Story there are two ‘rival’ gangs/families which both hate each other. The main male characters have many things in common. In fact‚ Toni (WWS) and Romeo (R+J) both miss the beginning fight at the beginning of the plays; they both fall in love and end up getting killed. However‚ it’s not just the male characters: Juliet (R+J) and Maria (WWS) both come from families that hate each other’s boyfriend’s (Romeo & Toni) families
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famous scenes from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is the balcony scene. In this scene Romeo goes to Juliet’s house and says beautiful things about her without her knowing. She is high above on a balcony and she doesn’t know he’s there. There she declares her love for him. Romeo reveals himself and they start talking about there love. Juliet proposes they get married. In 1968 a film of Romeo and Juliet was made and in 1961 a similar film of Romeo and Juliet was made‚ West Side Story. The 1968
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to the beauty of the universe‚ and make us lose sight of what is truly important. A deeply inspiring and thought-provoking novel‚ The Little Prince transports us back to those childhood days and lets us look at the world from a child’s perspective once again. The story began with the narrator recounting his childhood attempts at drawing an elephant swallowed by a boa constrictor. To his frustration‚ all the grown-ups who saw the picture (which he named Drawing Number One) immediately assumed
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