FREE ESSAY ON WEST SIDE STORY

WEST SIDE STORY

West Side Story
West Side Story was one of the best plays that Kean has put on that I have seen. This
play just happens to be one of my favorite movies that I have watched over and over
again. I basically memerized all the scenes and songs. But of coarse the play has to be
shorter then the movie, so certain things had to be cut out and changed a little bit. For
example when the song "America" is sung in the movie, the guys and girls are going
against each other, but in the play it was just girls singing to each other.
I think the people chosen for the play perfectly fit their characters. The only person I
thought that needed a little bit more work on his acting was the guy who played "Tony",
Shayne Austin. Shayne has a great singing voice, but his acting seemed a tad bit rusty if
you ask me. Over all everyone else seemed to be perfect for his or her parts. 
The play was very upbeat and exciting. There were times you laughed and times you cried.
You always wanted to know what was going to happen next. Was there going to be a fight?
Was someone going to die? 
Since the stage is so small not that many props could be used. The props that they did
have were good. The fence symbolizied the playground, sowing machine showed the shop
Maria worked in, the bed symbolized Maria's room, and the register showed the soda shop.
All very good considering the size of the stage.
Overall I think that this performance was extremely successful. It got the point across
that it doesn't matter what race you are. You should put your differences aside and get
to know people. And that's exactly how I feel about life. That everyone should get to
know people before they judge them. People need to stop stereo typing others. For
example: your Spanish so all you eat is rice and beans, your black so you rob people, and
your white so you think your better then everyone else of a different race. All those
stereo types are wrong and need to be change and I think this play shows that.