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petzipellepingo.livejournal.comRevived "West Side Story" keeps the love, ramps up the danger through the power of dance
By CHRIS SILK
FORT MYERS — Music. Movement. Mystery. Mayhem and romance. "Something's Coming." And that something happens to be "West Side Story," which dances into the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall in Fort Myers on Feb. 8.
The show, a re-imagining of "Romeo and Juliet" set in New York City, features two warring street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets. Just as in Shakespeare's classic, lovers from the rival factions fall in love. And it doesn't end well here either.
"West Side Story" was notable in that it was one of the first Broadway musicals to tell its story primarily through dance instead of music or lyrics.
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By CHRIS SILK
FORT MYERS — Music. Movement. Mystery. Mayhem and romance. "Something's Coming." And that something happens to be "West Side Story," which dances into the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall in Fort Myers on Feb. 8.
The show, a re-imagining of "Romeo and Juliet" set in New York City, features two warring street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets. Just as in Shakespeare's classic, lovers from the rival factions fall in love. And it doesn't end well here either.
"West Side Story" was notable in that it was one of the first Broadway musicals to tell its story primarily through dance instead of music or lyrics.
( Read more... )
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