the humanities film series presents

WEST SIDE STORY

Friday, October 12, 7-9:30 PM

ETC Lecture Hall

See Tony of the Jets and Maria of the Sharks embody the classic tale of Romeo of the house of Montague and Juliet of the house of Capulet in a whole new way.

NEW YET OLD—a tale from Ovid’s Metamorphoses IV, 55-166, used by Shakespeare in his tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, and in Act V of his comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, NOW ALIVE in New York City, in bursting song and thrilling dance:

WEST SIDE STORY

“This ‘brilliant’ (The New Republic) film sets the ageless story of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of gang warfare in 1950s New York. Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins and scripted by Ernest Lehman, the film combines Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim’s unforgettable score (‘Maria,’ ‘America,’ ‘Somewhere,’ ‘Tonight’) with Robbins’s own exuberant choreography to achieve an exhilarating ‘work of art’” (Saturday Review).