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West Side Story: A new take on Romeo and Juliet, 60 years later
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West Side Story: A new take on Romeo and Juliet, 60 years later

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Carla Della Gatta

Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story is a layering of theatrical devices, a Hollywood riff on both a famous musical and a Shakespearean story for 21st-century audiences.

West Side Story: 60 years as a cultural barometer
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West Side Story: 60 years as a cultural barometer

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Carla Della Gatta

Sixty years old this week, the 1961 movie West Side Story, based on the acclaimed Broadway musical inspired by Romeo and Juliet, also became a de facto representation of US Latinx in musicals for many years.