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The musical “West Side Story” is making a comeback in Paris. Thursday, October 19, the 20 Heures returns to this work, which has become legendary.
The queen of musicals is back on a Parisian stage. 66 years after its creation, why West Side Story does it remain modern? It is first and foremost a story of eternal love. A contemporary version of Romeo and Juliet. Goodbye Verona, here we are in New York in the 50s. Maria, the Puerto Rican immigrant, falls in love with Tony, the white American. A forbidden love, but against a backdrop of racial hatred. Modernity is displayed from the creation of the musical in 1957 on Broadway.
A masterpiece
Since then, the show has continued on stages around the world. “They make fun of America, these Puerto Ricans who have just arrived with the American dream in mind. This song is completely from today. It’s the dream of any immigrant who arrives in a country and realizes that they are not in a beautiful villa, but in an apartment.”deciphers Laurent Valièreauthor of 42nd Street There great history of musicals. Music latinojazz, this masterpiece has not finished impressing us.