West side story / United Artists ; directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins ; screenplay by Ernest Lehman ; a Robert Wise production ; music by Leonard Bernstein ; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; presented by Mirisch Pictures, Inc. in association with Seven Arts Productions, Inc.

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This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the rivalry of two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, in New York of the 1950s. A young woman who is sister to the Sharks leader has her first taste of love with the former head of the Jets.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	United Artists Corporation (Production personnel) Mirisch Pictures (Production personnel) Seven Arts Productions (Production personnel) MGM Home Entertainment Inc (Publisher)
Other Authors:	Wise, Robert, 1914-2005 (Director) Robbins, Jerome (Director) Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005 (Screenwriter) Sondheim, Stephen (Lyricist) Wood, Natalie (Performer) Beymer, Richard, 1939- (Performer) Tamblyn, Russ (Performer) Moreno, Rita (Performer) Chakiris, George (Performer) Laurents, Arthur (Librettist) Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Language:	English French
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	English dialogue with optional subtitles in English and French. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published:	Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [1998], ©1961.
Edition:	Widescreen version.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Gangs > Drama. First loves > Drama. Feature films. Musical films. Musicals > Television adaptations. Musicals > Film adaptations. Films for the hearing impaired.
Genre:	Drama. Television adaptations. Film adaptations. Feature films.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (8 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Format:	Video DVD

West Side story : music from the motion picture soundtrack

Authors: Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
Published: Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing LLC ; Boosey & Hawkes, 2022

Physical Description: 1 vocal score (84 pages) : illustrations ; 31 cm

Musical Score

West Side story reimagined

Authors: Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
Published: Jazzheads, 2018

Physical Description: 2 audio discs : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.

CD Audio

West Side story

Authors: Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
Published: Sony Classical, 2016

Physical Description: 1 streaming sound file (1 sound file).

Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Naxos Music Library)

Electronic Audio

West Side story

Authors: Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
Published: Sony Classical, 2015

Physical Description: 1 streaming sound file (1 sound file)

Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Naxos Music Library)

Electronic Audio

West Side story

Authors: Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990, Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
Published: Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, 2014

Physical Description: 1 streaming sound file (1 sound file).

Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Naxos Music Library)

Electronic Audio

West Side story

Authors: Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990, Robbins, Jerome
Published: SFSMedia, 2014

Physical Description: 1 streaming sound file (1 sound file)

Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Naxos Music Library)

Electronic Audio

West side story

Published: Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment [distributor], 2012

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Video DVD

West Side story

Published: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2012

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Video Blu-ray Disc

West Side story

Authors: Laurents, Arthur
Published: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios : Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2011

Physical Description: 3 videodiscs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.).

Video Blu-ray Disc DVD CD

American classics. Vol. 2, Westside story.

Published: Naxos Digital Services/Capriccio, 2009

Physical Description: 1 streaming sound file (1 sound file)

Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Naxos Music Library)

Electronic Audio

West Side story : the new Broadway cast recording

Authors: Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
Published: Masterworks Broadway, 2009

Physical Description: 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

CD Audio

West Side story

Authors: Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
Published: Stage Stars Records, 2008

Physical Description: 2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

CD Audio

Leonard Bernstein conducts West Side story.

Authors: Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
Published: Deutsche Grammophon, 2007

Physical Description: 1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 videodisc (sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.)

CD Video DVD Audio

West Side story

Published: MGM Home Entertainment, 2007

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) .

Video DVD CD

West Side story : vocal selections

Authors: Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
Published: Leonard Bernstein Music Pub. ; Boosey & Hawkes ; H. Leonard, 2007

Physical Description: 1 vocal score (77 pages) : illustrations ; 31 cm

Musical Score

American movie musicals collection : West side story ; Fiddler on the roof ; Guys and dolls.

Published: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2005

Physical Description: 3 videodiscs (480 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Video DVD

West Side story

Authors: Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
Published: Sony Classical/Columbia/Legacy, 2004

Physical Description: 1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.

CD Audio

West Side story : original soundtrack recording

Authors: Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
Published: Sony Classical/Legacy, 2004

Physical Description: 1 streaming sound file (1 sound file).

Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Naxos Music Library)

Electronic Audio

West Side story

Published: MGM Home Entertainment, 2003

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Video DVD

West Side story

Published: MGM Home Entertainment, 2003

Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 collectible scrapbook., Also issued on VHS.

Video DVD