The end of that excellent Time magazine interview with Ariana and Rachel has Rachel giving us an exciting little spoiler that shows what Tony Kushner is bringing to the script. Rachel says that Tony gave Lieutenant Schrank a monologue at the beginning in which he says that with the construction of Lincoln Center forcing all of them out of their homes, the Jets and Sharks have more in common than they realize:
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ZEGLER: In the beginning, there’s a great monologue given by Corey Stoll, who plays Lieutenant Schrank, who talks about these people being kicked out of their homes to build the new Lincoln Center, and how they’re all wrong. They’re mad at the wrong people. They’re mad at each other because of their differences, and not understanding that they actually have a lot more in common. That’s a huge conversation we should be having right now: if we just focus for one second on the common problems we all have, rather than the common problems we have with each other, we could actually spark a lot of change.