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West Side Story
Dive into the world of the iconic musical
In collaboration with
The inspiration behind the story
Shakespeare Reimagined
A modern day Romeo and Juliet
In fair New York, where we lay our scene
Editorial Feature
10 things you never knew about West Side Story
From the ‘East Side Story’ to Audrey Hepburn’s starring role
Teens & New York
Then and now
Post-war youth culture
The teenage gangs of 1950's Brooklyn
The inspiration behind the Jets and the Sharks
The neighbourhood
The history of the West Side
How it became the setting of the musical
The social impact of West Side Story
Civil rights and immigration politics
How the musical engaged with social concerns of the day
From East Side to West Side
On the story’s development and New York immigration past and present
The legacy of stereotypes and prejudice
Why is West Side Story still beloved? Or is it?
How Puerto Ricans have reinvented and reinterpreted West Side Story
The poets, performers and artists who have made it their own
The original production
Behind the scenes
Online Exhibit
How West Side Story was almost East Side Story
A plea for racial tolerance through song and dance
Harold Prince & Robert Griffith
A dramatic change in producers
How the show almost didn't make it
Online Exhibit
Interviews with the original Broadway cast
Looking back 60 years later
Online Exhibit
A Jet and a Shark swap stories
On the sofa with Marguerita and Clarice
Online Exhibit
Broadway at the time of West Side Story
The Tony award winners in 1958
EDITORIAL FEATURE
Chita Rivera on making musical history
The Broadway legend on creating the character of Anita, meeting Obama, and making history
We were all novices. We really were. We didn't know a goddamn thing about doing a show.
– Jerome Robbins
Meet the makers
The important figures who helped make the broadway play a hit
Leonard Bernstein
The composer
Stephen Sondheim
The songwriter
Arthur Laurents
The bookwriter
Jerome Robbins
The choreographer and director
Peter Gennaro
The co-choreographer
Martha Swope
The photographer of broadway
Leonard Bernstein and Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
From stage to screen
West Side Story goes to Hollywood
From stage to screen
Making West Side Story a film
"In the olden days, everybody sang. You were expected to sing as well as talk. It was a mark of the cultured man to sing."
– Leonard Bernstein
The legacy
Online Exhibit
The Somewhere Project
Songwriting workshops in NYC's communities
Online Exhibit
Contemporary West Side Story
Behind the scenes of Carnegie Hall's 2016 production
Online Exhibit
What makes West Side Story such an enduring work?
Reflections from one of Leonard Bernstein's students
The journey continues
Online exhibits
Videos
Historic photographs and archives
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The world of West Side Story on Google Expeditions
Are you a teacher? With Google Expeditions, take your students on immersive, virtual journeys of the iconic locations of West Side Story
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