Romeo & Juliet vs. West Side Story What would Romeo and Juliet be like if Juliet hadn't died? What if Paris killed Romeo, instead of vice versa? What if instead of occurring several centuries ago, it took place on the streets of New York City during the 1950s, with a bunch of fresh-face...

Contrast of Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story Essay submitted by Bob Garrard Three Hundred Fifty Years of Blind Love: A Contraposition of Shakespeare and Robbins' Romeo and Juliet Andy Warhol once said, "They say that tim...

Andy Warhol once said, "They say that time changes things, but actually you have to change them yourself." Two hundred fifty years passed between the original Romeo and Juliet and the premiere of West Side Story on Broadway in 1957. However, time did not change the message of the story, simply...

Comparison of Romeo and Juliet to Westside Story These stories are very similar. They both have characters that act the same way. As a matter of fact you would have thought the same person had written both stories. From Romeo and Tony to Tybalt and Bernardo the characters play the same role. Did...

West Side Story, a 1961 production starring Rita Moreno and Natalie Wood, is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. West Side Story is a flashy production filled with music, dance and light. It presents Shakespeare's play from a 1960's inner city perspective. In the mo...