A film adaptation of the musical by Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents, West Side Story is also inspired by Romeo de Juliet by Willam Shakespeare. The second big-screen illustration after Robert Wise’s 1961 film, Steven Spielberg’s feature film chronicles the 1950s New York romance of Tony (Ansel Elgort), the Jets gang and Maria (Rachel Zegler) the sister of Bernardo, the leader of the rival Sharks clan. Written by Tony Kushner, the Munich and Lincoln screenwriter, West Side Story, this sung and danced piece has received much praise around the world.
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