West Side Story

‘West Side Story’ is an American musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Inspired by Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’, the action takes place in 1950s’ New York where rival street gangs (the Jets and the Sharks) battle for territory and respect.

Is the love affair between former Jets leader, Tony, and Maria, sister of the Sharks’ leader, Bernardo, doomed to failure?