This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the rivalry of two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, in New York of the 1950s. A young woman who is sister to the Sharks leader has her first taste of love with the former head of the Jets.
This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the rivalry of two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, in New York of the 1950s. A young woman who is sister to the Sharks leader has her first taste of love with the former head of the Jets.
General Note
MGM DVD.
Program content : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., 1961.
Based on the stage play produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince ; book by Arthur Laurents.
