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West Side Story: A Tragedy in Two Acts and Fifteen Scenes. by AvonleaALS
Fandoms: West Side Story (1961), West Side Story (2021), West Side Story - Bernstein/Sondheim/Laurents
22 Feb 2023
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A modern day adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet set against the backdrop of summer 1957 Manhattan, New York. Set amid the demolition of San Juan Hill to make way for the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, two teenage gangs fight over the skeletal remains of their home. The situation becomes more dire when the turf is crossed and those from across the divide fall in love.
(Also Irving Shulman's 1961 novelization is actual trash.)
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I'm *friends* with the person who wrote this. Can you believe that???? I talk to them and I ramble to them and they had this piece of art hidden in their back pocket the whole time. Absolutely amazed. Can't believe they invented West Side Story.