THE WEST SIDE STORY

One of the things that first struck me about the play was that the characters believed they lived a good life. I saw the exact opposite. The good life is shown through success, success through a career, education, goals, and love, or at least we are brought up thinking so. The gangs only had one another and without the support of that gang, these boys/characters would not exist as individual human beings. The Jets …

…but I want to emphasize my point). Even when it is a love song, the music has a quality that can only be described as love. No less than 17 numbers are present in the film, many becoming much loved favorites over the years. Much of the score is accompanied by spectacular dancing routines showing the participants to be full of energy I believe that this is what makes a play resist the test of time.