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West Side Story is an iconic American musical that reimagines Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in the context of 1950s New York City. It tells the story of two rival teenage street gangs, the Jets (white, working-class Americans) and the Sharks (first-generation Puerto Rican immigrants), and the ill-fated love affair between Tony, a former Jet, and Maria, the sister of the Sharks' leader. The musical explores themes of love, prejudice, territory, and social conflict through its powerful narrative, memorable songs by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, and groundbreaking choreography by Jerome Robbins. It premiered on Broadway in 1957 and has since been adapted into two highly acclaimed feature films, one in 1961 and another in 2021.