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West Side Story is the wildly passionate story of love, hate, and two worlds at odds in New York City. The story follows the plot of the classic love story that is Romeo and Juliet. The story is between Tony, the leader of the Jets gang and his love affair with Maria,the sister of the Sharks gang leader Bernardo. Their love is a beautiful and tragic story of young love torn apart by the seams by racial differences and pointless violence. Filled with infectious songs, wildly violent and feverish dances, and a love story that can transcend times. West Side Story marked the end of The Golden Age of musical theatre. It saw a new genre of music in the show and a led the way for more rock musicals. It still has the classic Broadway feel and elements of beautiful song matched with beautiful dance, and a script filled with emotion and three-dimensional characters. West Side Story will forever go down in history as one of the most well written musicals of its time and a true classic. (Mordenn)
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