1. Westside Story Review

2. Writing Assignment Please use your own paper.
Assignment is due by the end of class today.
IF Westside Story did not end with a fade to black followed by the words THE END, but faded in on an additional scene, What would that scene be?

3. Describe the situation or scene.
Write an example of dialogue between characters.
Would there be a song during this scene?
What type or style of song would it be?
What is the name of the song?
What happens in this scene that helps complete the story?
Use your time wisely. This will be graded for imagination as well as quality. (100 pts)

4. Your You’re
There Their

5. 1. In what city is 'West Side Story' set?
New York
Los Angeles
Chicago
Miami

6. 2. What were the names of the two main gangs?
Blades and Tigers
Emeralds and Diamonds
Jets and Sharks
Devils and Disciples

7. 3. Who wrote the lyrics of this musical?
Anthony Newley
Tim Rice
Stephen Sondheim
Sammy Cahn

8. Stephen Sondheim

9. Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (eight, more than any other composer) including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre,1 multiple Grammy Awards, and a Pulitzer Prize. Described by Frank Rich of the New York Times as "the greatest, and perhaps best-known artist working in musical theatre"

10. 4. Who played the part of Anita?
Natalie Wood
Rita Moreno
Shirley Maclaine
Liza Minnelli

11. Rita Moreno

12. 5. In the song 'America' how many to a room are mentioned in the lyric ' Industry boom in America, ________ in a room in America'? 9 10 12 8

13. 6. What was the name of the 'tomboy' that always wanted to be part of Riff's gang?
Anybody's
Nobody's
Everybody's
Somebody's

14. 7. Which member of the Puerto Rican gang killed Tony?
Bernardo
Chino
Alfonso
Dino

16. 8. After the 'rumble' the gang assemble at an underground car park
8. After the 'rumble' the gang assemble at an underground car park. They are then led into a song and dance routine to 'Cool'. What is the name of the 'cool dude' who sings the song?
Ice
Frosty
Chill
Freeze

20. 9. Tony feels that 'Something's Comin'' and he sings about it being 'Only just out of reach, down the block, on a beach, ___________'. What are the missing three words?
Over A Hill
Under A Moon
Under A Tree
Over A Sea

21. 10. Who was the composer of this masterpiece?
Leonard Bernstein
Burt Bacharach
Richard Rodgers
Andrew Lloyd-Webber

22. Leonard Bernstein

23. Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim. According to The New York Times, he was “One of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history."

24. 1. What was the name of the Puerto Rican gang?
Jets
Sharks
Hawks
Emeralds

25. 2. Who was originally supposed to fight Bernardo hand-to-hand?
Action
Riff
Ice
Tiger

26. 3. What was the name of the host of the dance at the gym?
Krupke
Doc
Schrank
Glad Hand

27. 4. Who told Maria of Bernardo's death?
Chino
her mother
Tony
No one, she saw it happen

28. Chino

29. 5. What, according to Tony, is 'the most beautiful sound I ever heard'?
I Love You
Violins
Laughter
Maria

30. 7. What did Baby John paint on the wall underneath the word 'SHARKS'?
'STINK'
'GO HOME'
'ARE COWARDS'
A picture of a shark with a harpoon in it

31. Baby John

32. 8. Where did the big rumble take place?
Sweeney's Lot
under the highway
the river
the playground

33. 10. For what item did Maria pretend to send Anita to the store, to fool Lt. Schrank?
newspaper
aspirin
candy
cough medicine

35. 11. Why did Anita lie to the Jets and tell them that Chino killed Maria?
She always hated Maria
The Jets assaulted her
She was secretly in love with Tony
Chino threatened to kill her if she didn't

36. 13. What is Maria's father's pet name for her?
Maritza
Queso
Dolce
Maruca

37. 14. Who plays the headshrinker in the musical number 'Officer Krupke'?
Tony
Baby John
Action
Riff

38. 1. Tony was of what ethnicity?
Swedish
Puerto Rican
Polish
German

39. 3. 'West Side Story' was a modern day production of what Shakespeare play?
The Taming of the Shrew
Romeo and Juliet
Othello
A Midsummer Night's Dream

40. 4. Bernardo was whose older brother?
Riff
Anita
Maria
Consuelo

41. 4. Who was Tony's best friend?
Tommy
Bernado
Riff
Snowboy

42. Riff

43. Russell Irving "Russ" Tamblyn (born December 30, 1934) is an American film and television actor, who is arguably best known for his performance in the 1961 movie musical West Side Story as Riff, the leader of the Jets gang.

44. 8. Who sings 'A Boy Like That'?
Anita and Tony
Maria and Bernado
Maria and Anita
Tony and Maria

45. 5. Riff and Bernardo's deaths are based on the deaths of which original "Romeo and Juliet" characters?
Claudius and Polonius
Tybalt and Mercutio
Horatio and Hortensio
Christopher Sly and Puck

46. 9. Who is Riff's girlfriend?
Graziella
Anita
Velma
Maria

47. 1. Which character fills the part of Paris ("Romeo and Juliet") in "West Side Story"?
Bernardo
Riff
Tony
Chino

48. 4. Which character in "West Side Story" fills the part of Mercutio from "Romeo and Juliet"?
Nobody
Riff
Action
George

49. Who plays Maria?
Marnie Nixon
Natalie Wood
Rita Moreno

50. Natalie Wood

51. Natalie Wood (born Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko (Russian) July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981) was an American actress.
Wood began acting in movies at the age of four and became a successful child actor in such films as Miracle on 34th Street (1947).

52. In Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

53. Natalie Wood

54. What song does Tony sing solo?
Tonight
Somewhere
Something’s Coming

55. Look at each song in West Side Story
Look at each song in West Side Story. Discuss the manner in which each contributed to the plot, mood, and character development in the play. Were any of the songs influenced by passages or events in Romeo And Juliet?

56. Can you think about another place in the show where a song might have been included?
What would a title for this song be? What would it be about? What kind of music would it have?

57. Dance is very effectively integrated in
West Side Story. How is dance used to
express emotion? Where is dance used
in situations where it would occur in
reality? Why is dance more powerful at
certain moments than words might be?

58. At the very end of the show, as the two gangs appear to be cooperating for the first time (to carry Tony’s body), a peaceful-sounding high chord alternates with a dissonant-sounding low note. Yet this dissonance never resolves to a satisfying-sounding bass note. By ending the musical without resolving this low note, what comment do you think Bernstein is making about the future of the Jets and the Sharks?