This is west side story prologue by brian cimmet on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Won 10 oscars, including one for bernsteinsondheim score and best picture. The modern etymology of the words eastsidecrips and westsidebloods are. I do not own any rights to the music, i simply wish to share the amazing. Modern day romeo and juliet, about a west side boy who falls in love with a puerto rican girl amidst a gang war. It was inspired by william shakespeares play romeo and juliet the story is set in the upper west side neighborhood in new york city in the mid 1950s, a multiracial, bluecollar neighborhood. The neighborhood the months before the opening, half danced half mimed, is a condensationof the growing rivalry between two teenage. Tonight maria, tony, anita, riff, bernardo, sharks and jets 11. However, in this instance bernstein softens the harsh interval.
The dividing line between the east and west sides of manhattan is fifth avenue. Following the prologue, we meet tony, a former gang member and one of west side story s two protagonists. A galvanizing new revival of west side story opened thursday night on broadway, minus some familiar sights and sounds. The jets survey their territory where local kids try to enjoy their summer day in the. Prologue by west side story new broadway cast 2009 pandora. West side story opened at new yorks winter garden theater on september 26, 1957, and has remained in the repertory ever since. The title was changed to west side story when the creators realized that gang warfare in new york had moved from the east side to the west. The film is an adaptation of the 1957 broadway musical of the same name, which in turn was inspired by william shakespeares play romeo and juliet. But the prologue was actually filmed in two locations and edited together. As the original parts only had three trombone parts, a fourth was written. The soundtrack of the west side story film is deservedly one of the most popular soundtrack recordings of all time, and one of the relatively few to have attained longterm popularity beyond a specialized soundtracktheatrical musical audience. Listen to and download the music, ost, score, list of songs and trailers.
As seen in west side story, the broadway musical is a collaborative medium which involves the librettist, composer, lyricist, director, and choreographer how to best convey the story they wish to tell. Whats harder to spot is the way dance can tell a story. The conductor of this performance is michael tilson thomas. The neighborhood the months before the opening, half danced half mimed, is a condensationof the growing rivalry between two. The film version of 1961 was a smashing success, earning 10 oscars, including. Prologue lyrics west side story cast soundtrack lyrics. What instruments are used in the westside story america.
Prologue ben, brittni, matt, stephen gesture this dynamic number was choreographed by jerome robbins with music by leonard bernstein starting with slow sustained tempos maximum propulsion through the streets. West side story prologue summary a whistle pierces through the monotonous buzz of a working class neighborhood in new york city. The musical explores the rivalry between the jets and the sharks, two teenage. West side story is a beautifullymounted, impressive, emotionridden and violent musical which, in its stark approach to a raging social problem and realism of unfoldment, may set a p.
Take the america sequence, which shows the competition but seductive playfulness between the puerto rican men and. East side west side s01e22 take sides with the sun. Vintage before lincoln center exterior of lincoln square tenements, circa new york city. The opening prologue from the 10time academy award winning musical film west side story, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary on. The written permission of the owners andor other rights holders such as publicity andor privacy rights is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use or other statutory exemptions. New york pictures new york photos vintage new york nyc pics lincoln square west side story lower east side slums park city. Schrank and krupke some image caption 1 west side story. After owning their miserable little neighborhood for years, the jets, the fingersnapping street gang led by riff russ tamblyn, find themselves in a turf war with the upstart puerto rican sharks, led by bernardo george chakiris.
West side story prologue ebhs drama club, march 20 duration. West side story has some of the toughest and most elaborate dance moves youll ever see. The aerial view wanders through the buildings until we close in on the jets. The locations are on 110th street on the east side of manhattan between 1st and 2nd ave and 68th street on the west side of manhattan between west end avenue and amsterdam avenue.
West side story prologue official full number 50th anniversary hd duration. The sharks mostly recent puerto rican immigrants and the jets mostly second generation european immigrants circa 1960. All 38 songs from the west side story 1961 movie soundtrack, with scene descriptions. West side story won a total of 10 oscars at the 34th academy awards in 1962, making it the musical film with the most academy wins, including best picture. Robbins has directed for television and film as well, with his codirection and choreography of west side story winning him two academy. This is a clip from the concert a celebration of leonard bernstein at carnegie hall in 2008. The concept of adapting shakespeares romeo and juliet as a contemporary story of youthful unrest and racial prejudice among gang members came from jerome robbins. West side story prologue popspots nyc history, new. Robbins simultaneously created ballets for new york city ballet, which he joined in 1949, and became an associate artistic director with george balanchine.
When they first conceived the show in 1949, robbins, bernstein and laurents set their story on the east side of manhattan, and gave it the working title east side story. The tritone appears once again in tonys solo number somethings coming. The buddy rich big band medley of music from leonard bernsteins west side story. West side story sheet music for piano, alto saxophone. West side story original broadway cast is the 1957 recording of a broadway production of the musical west side story. Music from the original motion picture west side story disclaimer.
Jerome robbins shared the best director oscar with robert wise, becoming only the second director to win the academy award for best director for a film debut after delbert mann for marty. Recorded 3 days after the show opened at the winter garden theatre, the recording was released in october 1957 in both mono and stereo formats. Mambo from west side story hal leonard concert band series. Hello, broadway producer, im so glad you brought this to my attentionim delighted to hear about west side story returning to the great white way, and i will certainly pay big broadway. The four shows on the town, wonderful town, candide, and west side story show a progressive line of stylistic integration in leonard bernsteins compositional development. Prologue from the original broadway cast recording of bernsteins masterpiece, west side story. Here is the prologue opening sequence from stratford high schools 2014 stratford playhouse production of west side story.
Cm performing arts centers production of west side story performs prologue. West side story is a musical with a book by arthur laurents, music by leonard bernstein and lyrics by stephen sondheim. Leonard bernstein, jerome robbins, and the road to west. West side story prologue boston conservatory brass. West side story prologue sharks opens with bernardo red shirt shark. The items on display provide a rare window into this complex process. West side story prologue stratford playhouse youtube. An everadvancing economy of musical means and tightening of structure proceeds from one show to. Clenched fists, stillness, sharp clicks and looks, changes of direction, with responsive arms. West side story is a 1961 american musical romantic drama film directed by robert wise and jerome robbins. Robbins chose use contrasting costumes for his puerto rican and white american dancers in prologue to further highlight this social conflict. When robbinss was choreographing west side story, there was a lot of tension between puerto rican immigrants and white americans.
First movement of the musical based on the tragedy of romeo and juliet. West side story prologue official full number 50th anniversary. Provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises west side story, prologue the oom maw maw rogers living room. I do not own any rights to the music, i simply wish to share the amazing music with other fans, if the owners want the music.
They are performing the west side story symphonic dances, beginning with the prologue. West side story prologue official full number 50th. The library of congress is providing access to the leonard bernstein collection ca. West side story 1961 is an energetic, widelyacclaimed, melodramatic musical a modernday, loose retelling of shakespeares romeo and juliet tragedy of feuding families, although the setting is the upper west side of new york city in the late 1950s with conflict between rival street gangs rather than families. West side story 1961 soundtrack complete list of songs. Leonard bernstein, jerome robbins, and the road to west side story when leonard bernstein and jerome robbins met 75 years ago, they were young men hungry for their big break.
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