West Side Story is an award-winning Broadway musical loosely based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Set in 1950s New York, the musical was adapted for the big screen in 1961. Instead of two rival families pitted against each other as in Shakespeare’s play, the musical features two rival street gangs—the Jets, made up of second and third generation Americans, and the Sharks, made up of newly arrived Puerto Rican immigrants. West Side Story presented a turning point in American musicals by moving away from traditionally light themes and focusing on the social issues of the day including immigration and assimilation, racism, interracial relationships, and street gangs and turf wars.  

 

How does Leonard Bernstein use the Overture to set the scene for the movie.  Make sure to take notice of the Overture music themes and how they relate to the colors you see on the screen.  (You will see a different color for each different song.)  Briefly describe your answer in two-three paragraphs using the musical example below.

 

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