West Side Story...- Page 2

[Marquise]

Posted: 11/9/04 at 8:54pm

i love alcapurrias...next time in spanish harlem me and magruder will be heading uptown and having us some authentic puerto rican alcapurrias!!! heeeeells yeah!

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 11/9/04 at 8:55pm

The Fire Escape Scene is WSS's answer to R&J's Balcony Scene.

[magruder]

Posted: 11/9/04 at 8:56pm

And it's almost pasteles season!

[Marquise]

Posted: 11/9/04 at 8:56pm

yes! pasteles and coquito!!!!! macgruder care to join me in some authentic puerto rican food?

[magruder]

Posted: 11/9/04 at 8:58pm

But of course! I'll make the chuletas y tostones. (Yes, I'm a white boy with my very own tostonera).

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 11/9/04 at 9:00pm

Sorry. Russ Tamblyn (Riff) was a well-known dancer best known for his work in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954).

[Marquise]

Posted: 11/9/04 at 9:01pm

and Joanne Miya who played Rosalia in the movie is actually Japanese!!!!

oh and Russ Tamblyn who plays Riff is in reality "Joan of Acardia" star Amber Tamblyn's daddy.

oh and Robert Wise who directed "WSS" also directed "The Sand Pebbles", "The Haunting", "Star", "The Sound of Mucus" and "Star Trek: The Motion Picture"

Gus Trikonis, one of The Sharks was in reality married to Goldie Hawn and is the real life brother of Gina Trikonis who played Riff's girlfirend "Graziella" in the film.

Tony Mordente who plays "Action" was married to Chita Rivera, who originated "Anita" on the stage and they share a daughter: Lisa Mordente..


yadda yadda yadda shish boom ba! Updated On: 11/9/04 at 09:01 PM

[Marquise]

Posted: 11/9/04 at 9:03pm

magruder! you are in my eyes an honorary puerto rican! you own a tostonera!????!!! you go boy.... i will definitely join you for dinner..start frying that chuleta and slicing up dem plantains!!!!

[magruder]

Posted: 11/9/04 at 9:05pm

Well, they are too damn good. And apart from the blasted oil spitting up when you are cooking them, they are a snap to make.

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 11/9/04 at 9:06pm

The role of a woman who wanted to be a 'Jet' Gang Member is called "Anybody's".

[Marquise]

Posted: 11/9/04 at 9:07pm

it is?


:: looks around for confirmation ::

[magruder]

Posted: 11/9/04 at 9:07pm

Can I mention that as much as West Side Story is a great title, I'm rather keen on one of the abandoned titles, Gang Way.

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 11/9/04 at 9:08pm

"Gee, Officer Krupke!" is WSS's version of R&J's comic musicians.

[Marquise]

Posted: 11/9/04 at 9:09pm

Marni Nixon not only dubbed Natalie Wood's vocals in the movie but she dubbed a couple of Rita's singing lines on the duet "I Have A Love" so when you hear part of that song you actually hear Marni Nixon singing with. . .HERSELF!!!! Updated On: 11/9/04 at 09:09 PM

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 11/9/04 at 9:11pm

'Doc' is to WSS what 'The Friar' is to R&J.

[Marquise]

Posted: 11/9/04 at 9:11pm

"WEST SIDE STORY" was released twice in the U.S. theatrically. It premiered at NYC's Rivoli Theatre in October of 1961 and was re-released nationwide in 1968 with an ad campaign that read:

"Unlike other classics, 'West Side Story' grows younger!..."

[Marquise]

Posted: 11/9/04 at 9:12pm

It's a well known fact that Natalie Wood did not want Richard Beymer as her co-star and during the filming was very distant to him. Updated On: 11/9/04 at 09:12 PM

[magruder]

Posted: 11/9/04 at 9:13pm

My tostonera was made in Taiwan.

[Marquise]

Posted: 11/9/04 at 9:13pm

*smacks magruder for having a taiwainese tostonera* TAIWAN?!!!!

[magruder]

Posted: 11/9/04 at 9:14pm

I know! Can you believe it? I'm shocked too.

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 11/9/04 at 9:15pm

Damn, I go to auditions and miss WSS? I've never actually seen it, and every time I'm at Blockbuster, it's always been taken out....

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 11/9/04 at 9:16pm

That's Ned Glass as "Doc"--some of you may remember him as the Uncle in the Bridget Loves Bernie TV Series (1973).

[Marquise]

Posted: 11/9/04 at 9:16pm

it's also a well known fact that Jerome Robbins hand picked Natalie Wood to star in "West Side".. story goes they were looking for a Tony and someone suggested an up and comer named Warren Beatty. Warren happened to be filming "Splendor in the Grass" opposite Natalie. Robert Wise and Robbins went to see some scenes that were already shot of the movie to determine if Beatty was what they were looking for and Robbins and Wise became enamored of Natalie and looked at each other and said: "THAT'S OUR MARIA!"

[Marquise]

Posted: 11/9/04 at 9:19pm

the dream ballet that was in the stage version was actually planned and story boarded for the film version and later abandoned....

[Marquise]

Posted: 11/9/04 at 9:20pm

carol lawrence who originated the role of "maria" on broadway actually made her movie debut the same year "wss" hit the big screen. she co-starred in the film version of arthur miller's "a view from the bridge"