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over 2 years ago

West Side Story

a review by Chad Jordahl

Good production. I liked the performers, except Ansel Elgort as the lead male, Tony, who I found to be uninteresting. I never got into the story or the songs.

A couple of other thoughts:

  • Carefully choreographed Broadway-style dance routines severely diminish the menace of street gangs.
  • Love at first sight is a myth and is a very bad reason to kill or be killed. (Intense attraction, curiosity, and lust at first sight, sure, but love takes longer.)