West Side Story
West Side Story | |
originalni cast album | |
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Muzika: | Leonard Bernstein |
Tekst: | Stephen Sondheim |
Scenario: | Arthur Laurents |
Zasnovan na: | William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet |
Produkcije: | Broadway 1957 West End 1958 Američka turneja 1959 Broadway 1960 Film 1961 Broadway 1980 Britanska turneja i West End 1997 West End i britanska turneja 2008 Broadway i američka turneja 2009 |
West Side Story (preveden kao Priča sa zapadne strane) je američki mjuzikl iz 1957. za koga je scenario napisao Arthur Laurents, libreto Stephen Sondheim, muziku Leonard Bernstein, a originalnu koreografiju postavio Jerome Robbins. Radnja predstavlja slobodnu obradu znamenite Shakespeareove tragedije Romeo i Julija, a smještena je u (tada) suvremeni New York, odnosno Upper West Side na Manhattanu, koji je 1950-ih bio etnički i rasno miješana radnička četvrt. Protagonist je Tony, član bjelačke bande Jetsa koji se zaljubi u Mariju, sestru vođe suparničke portorikanske bande Sharksa. Iako je prkosio mnogim tadašnjim konvencijama - kroz tragični ton priče, kao i "neugodnim" temama rasnih predrasuda i maloljetničkog kriminala - West Side Story je doživio veliki uspjeh, a mnoge od njegovih pjesama kao I Feel Pretty, Maria, Somewhere i America postale evergrini.
Godine 1961. je snimljena i popularna filmska verzija, koja je nagrađena Oscarom za najbolji film.
Eksterni linkovi
- West Side Story na Internet Broadway Database
- The Official West Side Story website
- The Official West Side Story 50th Anniversary World Tour website
- West Side Story at The Stephen sondheim Reference Guide
- West Side Story Detailed Character Descriptions, stageagent.com
- Twelve Jazz Versions of West Side Story at Jazz.com Arhivirano 2009-02-28 na Wayback Machine-u
- MTI shows Listing
- 2002 Interview with Chita Rivera on West Side Story at Sondheim Review Arhivirano 2006-12-16 na Wayback Machine-u
- "SONDHEIM 101: 'West Side Story'" by Leonard Jacobs from Sondheim Review, Fall 2007 Arhivirano 2008-11-09 na Wayback Machine-u
- (de) West Side Story, Musical Arhivirano 2012-04-22 na Wayback Machine-u
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