West Side Story

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Broadway musical stage musical

West Side Story is a landmark American musical that reimagines Romeo and Juliet amid rival New York City street gangs, known for its innovative score, choreography, and social themes.

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All labels observed (27)

Label Occurrences
West Side Story canonical 55
West Side Story (2021 film) 24
West Side Story (1961 film) 17

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
awarded Tony Award for Best Choreography ⓘ
basedOn Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy William Shakespeare ⓘ
bookBy Arthur Laurents ⓘ
broadwayOpeningDate 1957-09-26 ⓘ
broadwayOpeningTheatre Winter Garden Theatre ⓘ
broadwayOriginalRunLength 732 performances ⓘ
choreographer Jerome Robbins ⓘ
composer Leonard Bernstein ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Jerome Robbins ⓘ
featuresGang Jets ⓘ
Sharks ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ
tragic romance ⓘ
hasFilmAdaptation West Side Story self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: West Side Story (1961 film)

West Side Story self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: West Side Story (2021 film)
lyricist Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
mainCharacter Anita ⓘ
Bernardo ⓘ
Maria ⓘ
Riff ⓘ
Tony ⓘ
notableFor innovative choreography ⓘ
integration of dance into narrative ⓘ
jazz- and Latin-influenced score ⓘ
portrayal of Puerto Rican community in New York City ⓘ
notableSong America ⓘ
Cool ⓘ
Gee, Officer Krupke ⓘ
Maria ⓘ
One Hand, One Heart ⓘ
Somewhere ⓘ
Tonight ⓘ
orchestrator Irwin Kostal ⓘ
Sid Ramin ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
premiereDate 1957-08-19 ⓘ
premiereLocation National Theatre, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
settingLocation New York City ⓘ
settingTime mid-20th century ⓘ
subject forbidden love ⓘ
racial tension ⓘ
street gangs ⓘ
urban violence ⓘ
theatricalProducer Harold Prince ⓘ
Robert E. Griffith ⓘ

Referenced by (138)

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Leonard Bernstein → notableWork → West Side Story ⓘ
Leonard Bernstein → signatureWork → West Side Story ⓘ
United Artists → produced → West Side Story ⓘ
Steven Spielberg → notableWork → West Side Story ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Side Story (2021 film)
Winter Garden Theatre → notableProduction → West Side Story ⓘ
West Side Story → hasFilmAdaptation → West Side Story self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Side Story (1961 film)
West Side Story → hasFilmAdaptation → West Side Story self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Side Story (2021 film)
Minskoff Theatre → previousProduction → West Side Story ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Side Story revival
Palace Theatre (Broadway) → notableProduction → West Side Story ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Side Story (Broadway revival)
Louis Bernstein → notableWork → West Side Story ⓘ
Robert Wise → directed → West Side Story ⓘ
Robert Wise → notableWork → West Side Story ⓘ
Romeo and Juliet → influencedWork → West Side Story ⓘ
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subject surface form: Somewhere
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Somewhere (from "West Side Story") → associatedWork → West Side Story ⓘ
subject surface form: Somewhere
this entity surface form: West Side Story (1961 film)
Somewhere (from "West Side Story") → associatedWork → West Side Story ⓘ
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Stephen Sondheim → notableWork → West Side Story ⓘ
Harold Prince → notableWork → West Side Story ⓘ
Steven → notableWork → West Side Story ⓘ
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George Chakiris → notableWork → West Side Story ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Side Story (1961 film)
George Chakiris → participatedIn → West Side Story ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Side Story (1961 film)
George Chakiris → participatedIn → West Side Story ⓘ
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Wise → notableWork → West Side Story ⓘ
subject surface form: Robert Wise
Rita Moreno → notableWork → West Side Story ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Side Story (1961 film)
Bernstein → notableWork → West Side Story ⓘ
subject surface form: Leonard Bernstein
Brian d'Arcy James → notableWork → West Side Story ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Side Story (2021 film)
Valarie Pettiford → notableWork → West Side Story ⓘ
Ariana DeBose → notableWork → West Side Story ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Side Story (2021 film)
Ariana DeBose → appearedIn → West Side Story ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Side Story (2021 film)
Janusz Kamiński → notableWork → West Side Story ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Side Story (2021 film)
Natalie Wood → notableWork → West Side Story ⓘ
Jerome Robbins → notableWork → West Side Story ⓘ
Jerome Robbins → coDirected → West Side Story ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Side Story (1961 film)
Arthur Laurents → notableWork → West Side Story ⓘ
Arthur Laurents → wroteBookForMusical → West Side Story ⓘ
Justin Peck → notableWork → West Side Story ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Side Story (2019 Broadway revival choreography)
Jets → appearsIn → West Side Story ⓘ
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Jets → appearsIn → West Side Story ⓘ
subject surface form: Jets (West Side Story)
this entity surface form: West Side Story (1957 stage musical)
Jets → appearsIn → West Side Story ⓘ
subject surface form: Jets (West Side Story)
this entity surface form: West Side Story (1961 film)
Jets → appearsIn → West Side Story ⓘ
subject surface form: Jets (West Side Story)
this entity surface form: West Side Story (2021 film)
Jets → member → West Side Story ⓘ
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Jets → member → West Side Story ⓘ
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Jets → firstAppearance → West Side Story ⓘ
subject surface form: Jets (West Side Story)
this entity surface form: West Side Story (1957 Broadway production)
Sharks → appearsIn → West Side Story ⓘ
subject surface form: Sharks (West Side Story)
this entity surface form: West Side Story (stage musical)
Sharks → appearsIn → West Side Story ⓘ
subject surface form: Sharks (West Side Story)
this entity surface form: West Side Story (1961 film)
Sharks → appearsIn → West Side Story ⓘ
subject surface form: Sharks (West Side Story)
this entity surface form: West Side Story (2021 film)
Sharks → createdFor → West Side Story ⓘ
subject surface form: Sharks (West Side Story)
this entity surface form: Broadway musical West Side Story (1957)
Sharks → firstAppearance → West Side Story ⓘ
subject surface form: Sharks (West Side Story)
this entity surface form: West Side Story (1957 Broadway production)