West Side Story Tickets

West Side Story is a musical based on Romeo and Juliet but was set in the mid-1950s in America. The musical’s story was written by Arthur Laurents, its music by Leonard Bernstein, and its lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. It was shown in Broadway in 1957 and had numerous revivals over the years. This also gained worldwide acceptance and production.

The story unfolds on the rivalry of two teen gangs – the Jets (the “true” Americans) and the Sharks (Americans from Puerto Rico). The rivalry was complicated when Tony who belongs to the Jets falls in love with Maria, the sister of Sharks’ leader, Bernardo.

Tony serenades Maria and the two talk of their love and, later, their wedding. Meanwhile, Bernardo wants to fight Tony and the gangs meet at a neutral ground –Doc’s candy store. To prevent a full-fledged rumble, Bernardo was to fight Diesel (Jets) instead of Tony. However, when Tony intervened with the fight, Riff (Jets) gets killed – Tony killed Bernardo in rage.

Because of love, Maria still wants to run away with Tony and they planned to meet at Doc’s. Meanwhile, Chino (Sharks) plans to kill Tony. Because a police officer had to interview Maria, Anita (Bernardo’s girlfriend) went to tell Tony to wait a little longer for Maria but Anita was taunted and nearly raped by the Jets. In anger, she tells them than Chino killed Maria. In despair, Tony seeks Chino out to death – and was shot just as he saw Maria arrive.

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