As a modern version of William Shakespeare's classic work Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story is the musical story of forbidden teen-age love on the gang-infested streets of New York City. West Side Story also explores "the outer and inner limits of city turfs, realism, social significance and a segment of American life --young people set in a life and place with none of them understanding what's happening to them."
West Side Story & Romeo and Juliet
Film Techniques
The Texts (A Comparison)
The Balcony Scene
Movie Stills
