West Side Story vs Oklahoma

[MrScorpio]

[elleng]

1. YES!

YES!

[CTyankee]

2. West Side Story!

Oklahoma is OK, like the song says. West Side Story is a masterpiece...IMHO, of course.

[Graybeard]

3. Interesting that both end in a knife fight.

Jud attacks Curly with a knife and accidentally stabs himself to death. And of course Tony is stabbed to death in the gang fight.

Even in 1943 R & H were introducing darker themes to the musical that were fully realized in West Side Story.

Close call but my vote goes to "Story".

[WCGreen]

17. Tony is shot in the end by Chino....

Riff and Bernardo are killed in the knife fight....

[Blue_In_AK]

4. I liked them both,

but I have to go with West Side Story.

[bigwillq]

5. West Side.

Holla

[valerief]

6. When you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way. To hell with that Surrey with the Fringe on Top. nt

[Demoiselle]

7. But, but, what about "Poor Judd is Dead." That's a classic for the ages.

[valerief]

8. That's a downer ditty. nt

[es350_ibm]

9. West Side Story

[texanwitch]

10. I like both.

I will have to get back to you.

:eyes:

[Brickbat]

11. Many years ago, the on-hold music at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow was the soundtrack to "Oklahoma!" I

often wondered if they did that to scare away hopeful visa-seekers.

[JCMach1]

12. Oklahoma!

[AwakeAtLast]

13. I say "Yes!" to the dancing violent gang members!

:D

[texanwitch]

14. West Side Story because of this dance scene.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exGJsv6ZNlo

[texanwitch]

15. I like this one better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II2uaRmlQNg

The movie has great dancing.

[WCGreen]

18. This is mine....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QS7wWzwak4&feature=related

[Wapsie B]

16. Sooners by 2 touchdowns.

Oh wait, this is musicals not football. :hide:

[Brother Buzz]

19. You neglected put the exclamation point (!) in Oklahoma!

My Pops first saw Oklahoma! in Chicago during the Second World War. Servicemen were offered free admission to SRO performances. The theater set folding chairs in the aisle with the fire chief's blessings.

Pops took me to a stage performance of Oklahoma! in the mid-fifties, my first exposure to theater. I loved it. I believe Oklahoma!, the play, was better than the stage performance of West Side Story, but the movie, West Side Story beat Oklahoma! by a country mile.

[phasma ex machina]

20. WSS because "When you're a Jet you're a Jet all the way. From your first cigarette.

To your last dyin' day."