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"West Side Story" was written in 1957 by Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim. The story is a modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" set in New York City, exploring themes of love, rivalry, and prejudice among rival gangs.

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In the late fifties, originally written as three words West Side Story, not as one word as you have it. Vesry controversial street-gang romance some said was updated Shakespeare (they claimed Romeo and Juliet) but there is no mention of knockout drops ( a form of drug abuse) and the Girl character, played by Natalie Wood does not die, the male gangster is shot and killed in a rumble, or street battle.

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