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Characters

Musical Numbers

General Themes

Links   Websites providing Information including synopsis and history.

Characters

The Jets

• Tony, The co-founder of the Jets
• Riff, The leader of the Jets
• Action,
• Diesel,
• A-Rab,
• Baby John, the youngest of the Jets,
• Big Deal,
• Ice, cool, calm, collected (film version only)
• Gee-Tar
• Tiger
• Mouth Piece

• Velma,
• Graziella  -  Riff’s girlfriend
• Anybodys, -  a tomboy who wishes to become a Jet
• Minnie
• Clarice
• Pauline

• Bernardo, The leader of the Sharks
• Chino, young and shy, kills Tony
• Pepe, Bernardo's right hand man and Consuela's Boyfriend
• Indio
• Luis
• Anxious
• Toro
• Nibbles
• Moose
• Juano

• Maria, Bernardo's sister, falls in love with Tony
• Anita, Bernardo's girl
• Consuela, Shark girl with dyed bleach blonde hair
• Rosalia, the Dreamer who longs to return to Puerto Rico
• Estella
• Marguerita
• Francisca

• Officer Krupke, a neighborhood police officer
• Doc, owner of the Drug Store
• Lt. Schrank, the precinct's police Lieutenant
• Glad Hand, chaperone at the dance

Musical Numbers

• Overture (Instrumental)
• Prologue (Instrumental) - Jets and Sharks
• Jet Song - Riff, Action, Baby John, A-rab, Big Deal and Jets
• Something's Coming - Tony
• The Dance At The Gym (Instrumental includes Dance at The Gym, Mambo, Cha Cha, Jump) - Jets and Sharks
• Maria - Tony
• Tonight - Tony and Maria
• America - Anita, Rosalia, Shark Girls, and Sharks
• Cool - Riff and Jets
• One Hand, One Heart - Tony and Maria
• Tonight (Quintet and Chorus) - Anita, Tony, Maria, Jets and Sharks
• The Rumble (Dance) - Jets and Sharks

• I Feel Pretty - Maria, Consuela, Rosalia, Teresita, Francisca and Shark Girls.
• Somewhere (Song and Dance) - Company and "Dream Consuela" (in the 2008 revival, "Kiddo", Tony, Maria, and Company)
• Gee, Officer Krupke - Action, A-rab, Diesel, Baby John and the Jets
• A Boy Like That/I Have A Love - Anita and Maria
• Taunting Scene (Instrumental) - Anita and Jets
• Finale - Tony and Maria

General Themes

1950's in general  : juke boxes, comic books, clothes.

The Gangs : Jets and Sharks.

Love ; passion, loyalty, friendship, family.

Links

Links to external websites giving more information on West Side Story such as synopsis and history. The Drama Queen's Drawers accepts no responsibilty for the accuracy or content of these websites and you are advised to be aware that you are navigating away from this site by using them.

West Side Story - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia has lots of pages relating to West Side Story with a great deal of information that may be of interest

West Side Story (1961) imdb website for information relating to the film version.

www.westsidestory.com The official website based in USA gives full lyrics of songs and lots of other information relating to history and ongoing developments.Mainly American news and critiques, but a very informative website.

The Telegraph article from July 2008 giving background information on New York gangs of 1950's