A Boy Like That / I Have a Love

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"A Boy Like That / I Have a Love" is a dramatic duet from the musical *West Side Story* in which Anita and Maria clash over love, loyalty, and betrayal.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song
1961FilmPerformerOfAnita Rita Moreno
1961FilmSingingVoiceOfAnita Betty Wand
1961FilmSingingVoiceOfMaria Marni Nixon
2021FilmPerformerOfAnita Ariana DeBose
2021FilmPerformerOfMaria Rachel Zegler
basedOn Romeo and Juliet (indirectly, via West Side Story)
linked to: Romeo and Juliet
catalogedIn West Side Story original cast recording
linked to: West Side Story
composer Leonard Bernstein
dramaticFunction duet of conflict and reconciliation
dramaticRole confrontation between Anita and Maria about Tony
filmAdaptation West Side Story (1961 film)
linked to: West Side Story

West Side Story (2021 film)
linked to: West Side Story
firstPerformanceYear 1957
genre musical theatre
show tune
hasMusicalNumberType book song
language English
lyricalStructure two-part sequence ("A Boy Like That" followed by "I Have a Love")
lyricist Stephen Sondheim
musical West Side Story
narrativeContext occurs after Bernardo is killed by Tony
notableFor integration of complex Bernstein harmonies with Sondheim lyrics
intense emotional conflict between the two female leads
originalBroadwayPerformerOfAnita Chita Rivera
originalBroadwayPerformerOfMaria Carol Lawrence
originalBroadwayProduction West Side Story (1957 Broadway production)
linked to: West Side Story
originalProductionType Broadway musical
partOf West Side Story
performerCharacter Anita
Maria
positionInShow Act II
setting New York City
theme betrayal
forgiveness
love
loyalty
revenge

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Maria songAssociated A Boy Like That / I Have a Love