West Side Story (1957)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:musical
gptkbp:adaptedInto gptkb:West_Side_Story_(1961_film)
gptkb:West_Side_Story_(2021_film)
gptkbp:award gptkb:Tony_Award_for_Best_Choreography
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Romeo_and_Juliet
gptkbp:book gptkb:Arthur_Laurents
gptkbp:broadwayTheatre 732 performances
gptkbp:choreographer gptkb:Jerome_Robbins
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Leonard_Bernstein
gptkbp:genre musical theatre
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label West Side Story (1957)
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Romeo_and_Juliet
gptkbp:lyricist gptkb:Stephen_Sondheim
gptkbp:notableCharacter gptkb:Doc
gptkb:Maria
gptkb:Anita
gptkb:Chino
gptkb:Officer_Krupke
gptkb:Riff
gptkb:Tony
gptkb:Bernardo
gptkb:Lieutenant_Schrank
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:West_End_(London)_1958
International tours
Considered a landmark in American musical theatre
Stephen Sondheim's first Broadway lyricist credit
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Original_Broadway_Cast_Recording
gptkb:Original_Motion_Picture_Soundtrack_(1961)
gptkbp:notableSong gptkb:America
gptkb:Maria
gptkb:Gee,_Officer_Krupke
gptkb:Jet_Song
gptkb:I_Feel_Pretty
Cool
Somewhere
Tonight
gptkbp:orchestration gptkb:Irwin_Kostal
gptkb:Sid_Ramin
gptkbp:originalLanguage English
gptkbp:premiereDate 1957-09-26
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Winter_Garden_Theatre,_New_York_City
gptkbp:producer gptkb:Robert_E._Griffith
gptkb:Harold_Prince
gptkbp:revival 1980 Broadway revival
2009 Broadway revival
2020 Broadway revival
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Upper_West_Side,_New_York_City
gptkbp:subject forbidden love
racial tension
gang rivalry
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Original_Broadway_Cast_Recording
gptkb:Big_Deal_(West_Side_Story)
gptkb:Larry_Kert
gptkb:Officer_Krupke
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6