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For use in schools and libraries only. Tony and Maria find their love threatened by the hatred of two rival New York street gangs.Tags
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Arthur Laurents (1917-2011), a playwright, screenwriter, and director, wrote two of Broadway's landmark shows, Gypsy and West Side Story, and created one of Hollywood's most well-known romances, The Way We Were. He is the author of Original Story By, his first autobiography. David Saint (New Brunswick, NJ) and Laurents worked together on eleven show more plays and musicals, including the hit Broadway revival and national tour of West Side Story and seven world premieres by Laurents at George Street Playhouse. Now in his fifteenth season as the artistic director of the George Street Playhouse, Saint has directed thirty-nine mainstage productions and is the recipient of the Alan Schneider Award, Helen Hayes Award, Los Angeles Drama Critics Award, and several Drama-Logue Awards. show less
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- Canonical title
- West Side Story: A Novelization
- Original publication date
- 1960
- First words
- Riff Lorton looked at the wristwatch he had rolled off a drunk the week before, saw it was about nine o' clock, and groaned because most of the night was still ahead.
- Original language
- English
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- 37
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