This series of contemporary plays includes structured GCSE assignments for use by individuals or groups.
From the silver screen to the Great White Way--one of the greatest stories of all time.
In the pages of this book, the backstage tale comes to life along with insight on what has made the film a favorite across six decades: its brilliant use of dance as staged by erstwhile co-director Jerome Robbins; a meaningful story, as set ...
A critical and comprehensive exploration of the influential Broadway musical analyzes West Side Story against a backdrop of its cultural period while considering its reflection of both classical Shakespeare conflicts and modern youth issues ...
West Side Story: The Making of the Steven Spielberg Film provides exclusive in-depth commentary on these themes, bringing together a chorus of diverse voices to explore what it means to find a place for yourself in America.
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Natalie Wood and “lovely” Richard Beymer, to the mercurial Jerome Robbins and “passionate” Rita Moreno, with whom Chakiris remains friends. “I know exactly where my gratitude belongs,” Chakiris writes, “and I still marvel at ...
For Wonderful Town, which opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on 26 February 1953 after a tryout in New Haven, Bernstein was reunited with his old friends Comden and Green. This brilliant comic confection was hailed by Brooks Atkinson ...
Foulkes interweaves the story of the creation of the musical and film with the remaking of the Upper West Side and the larger tale of New York’s postwar aspirations.
The Making of West Side Story