Steven Spielberg’s reimagining of the beloved Broadway show-turned Hollywood classic provides the goods in terms of song-and-dance spectacle, but also goes–and cuts–deeper into the historical milieu in which Romeo and Juliet is set. Written by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Tony Kushner, this Story turns what had been a backdrop into the main source for drama and conflict: the gentrification and wholesale destruction of the houses, blocks, and thriving immigrant communities of Manhattan’s Upper West Side to make room for what’s now the Lincoln Center complex–a development that throws gasoline on the fiery tensions between white and Puerto Rican youth. Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, and Ariana DeBose star alongside the legendary Rita Moreno (who’s won Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her turn as Anita in the 1961 version).
Paired films discount—purchase a ticket for Gangs of New York alongside West Side Story in the same order for a discount: buy both tickets for $20 total for members and $25 total for nonmembers.
