WEST SIDE STORY Sequel, MARIA, in the Works From Long Wharf Theatre

[Plannietink08]

Posted: 12/20/21 at 1:33pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/WEST-SIDE-STORY-Sequel-MARIA-in-the-Works-From-Long-Wharf-Theatre-20211220

[zainmax]

Posted: 12/20/21 at 1:39pm

More details: https://www.forbes.com/sites/marchershberg/2021/12/19/west-side-story-sequel-in-the-works-as-ethnic-groups-reclaim-their-stories/

sounds like &juliet

 

[bwaylyric]

Posted: 12/20/21 at 1:41pm

She becomes a governess!

[Globefan]

Posted: 12/20/21 at 1:55pm

https://twitter.com/rachelzegler/status/1473003631406428169

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/20/21 at 1:55pm

Next can we have musicals about Bobby’s 36th Birthday and one about Sally after she leaves, titled “It IS Tomorrow”?

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 12/20/21 at 2:19pm

I have a better title:

WEST SIDE STORY II: MARIA'S REVENGE



 

 

Updated On: 12/20/21 at 02:19 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/20/21 at 2:22pm

WEST SIDE STORY: I CAN KILL, 2.

 

[degrassifan]

Posted: 12/20/21 at 2:22pm

bwaylyric said: "She becomes a governess!"

LOL!!! 

[carnzee]

Posted: 12/20/21 at 2:23pm

MARIA: 2SIDES 2EVERY STORY 

[Dollypop]

Posted: 12/20/21 at 2:36pm

I can solve the problem: she enters an Austrian convent!!!!

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 12/20/21 at 2:39pm

If Annie, Birdie, Miss Mona and the Phantom can run out on stage a second time why not Maria?

[Dan6]

Posted: 12/20/21 at 2:43pm

I guess there wasn’t still one bullet left for her after all. 

[carnzee]

Posted: 12/20/21 at 2:52pm

CATSNYrevival said: "If Annie, Birdie, Miss Mona and the Phantom can run out on stage a second time why not Maria?"

Sure Maria can join that string of flops I guess.

[JasonC3]

Posted: 12/20/21 at 2:54pm

I read the subject line too quickly and thought Maria would be working as a longshoreman at a wharf.

[pmensky]

Posted: 12/20/21 at 4:15pm

I think it’s a great idea. If a story about the characters in the beloved classic, “The Wizard of Oz” which takes place mostly outside the timeline of that story can become a smash hit, then I can’t see why this couldn’t work. A Doll’s House, Part 2 is also an example of how classic characters can be used to tell another story. 

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 12/20/21 at 4:27pm

I’m going to write a sequel to Grey Gardens about Little Edie’s life in Florida and call it Bal Harbour. 

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 12/21/21 at 8:24pm

[zainmax]

Posted: 12/21/21 at 8:30pm

That doesn’t match the Long Wharf’s prior press release about the show…

https://www.americantheatre.org/2020/02/28/long-wharf-theatre-announces-4-new-commissions/

[pmensky]

Posted: 12/21/21 at 8:36pm

zainmax said: "That doesn’t match the Long Wharf’s prior press release about the show…

https://www.americantheatre.org/2020/02/28/long-wharf-theatre-announces-4-new-commissions/"

I hope American Theatre drags them. 

[zainmax]

Posted: 12/21/21 at 8:43pm

I bet that the laurents estate threatened to sue

[pmensky]

Posted: 12/21/21 at 8:51pm

zainmax said: "I bet that the laurents estate threatened to sue"

Probably, but to just pretend they never made those statements is bonkers. 

[Kad]

Posted: 12/21/21 at 8:59pm

I’m very confused. The writer is the one quoted directly- in multiple places- saying this work is derivative of West Side Story. 

[pmensky]

Posted: 12/21/21 at 9:07pm

Kad said: "I’m very confused. The writer is the one quoted directly- in multiple places- saying this work is derivative of West Side Story."

Exactly. They’re just pretending it was never said even though it’s right there in black and white. Insane.

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 12/21/21 at 9:11pm

Bettyboy72 said: "I’m going to write a sequel to Grey Gardens about Little Edie’s life in Florida and call it Bal Harbour."

I’d be there every night.

[rattleNwoolypenguin]

Posted: 12/21/21 at 9:12pm

I love how people cite Annie Warbucks and Bring Back Birdie as justifications for stuff like this existing-

Ya know, cause people LOVE ANNIE WARBUCKS AND BRING BACK BIRDIE. WHAT classics.