AdaptationHIGH
West Side Story influenced West Side Story
Added by Media Influence Map · 29 September 2026
The evidence
Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins's film adapts the Broadway musical with its score and Robbins's choreography, shooting the opening dance on real New York streets that were about to be demolished for the Lincoln Center. It won ten Academy Awards.
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