The Jets — led by Riff (Dharon E ... commercial-style images of characters running and brooding. Since this “West Side Story” is not period-specific, I don’t think van Hove is commenting ...

West Side Story explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks. The Jets are made up of working-class white teenage boys from broken homes and the Sharks consist mainly of Puerto Ricans.

“West Side Story” will run at the M.P. Bush Fine Arts Auditorium from April 4-6. There will be evening shows at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and an encore matinee performance at 2 p.m. on Sunda ...

So dramatic are the changes that the romanticized “West Side Story” characterization of ... white-ethnic neighborhood-based gangs like the Jets no longer really exist. Ethnonational conflict ...

At the beginning of Steven Spielberg’s brilliantly directed “West Side Story,” the Jets whistle, snap their fingers and pirouette around New York, a city that looms and sprawls but is still ...

LRNYC / MEGA Move over, Bloods and Crips — the Sharks and the Jets have taken over Harlem. The screen remake of “West Side Story” filled an uptown Manhattan street with singing and dancing ...

‘Something’s Coming: West Side Story' is now streaming on Hulu. The drama in the musical centers around the relationship between Tony, a former member of the Jets, who falls in love with ...

Director Steven Spielberg has filmed his version of the classic “West Side Story.” AFP via Getty Images As you probably remember, the Jets are a white gang. The Sharks are a Puerto Rican gang.

Throughout "West Side Story," Puerto Ricans are constantly told to "speak English" because the cops and Jets refuse to take the time to understand them. By making this creative choice, Spielberg ...

The Encore Musical Theatre Company will present West Side Story, the groundbreaking Broadway musical inspired by ...

the leader of the Jets street gang, in the original “West Side Story” in 1961. They wondered why a lead actress in a film that had received a best picture nomination would not be invited to ...