Even though I don't watch the television show, Glee, I do however watch the performances of some songs and they recently performed songs from West Side Story. So I decided to head over to Youtube and watch the original movie from 1961 to see how their performances matched up. The songs Glee did from WSS are: Tonight, Something's Coming, Somewhere, A Boy Like That, & America.
Below, I screencapped characters from West Side Story and the characters who played them on Glee.
Richard Beymer and Natalie Wood as Tony & Maria
Darren Criss & Lea Michele (playing Blaine & Rachel) as Tony & Maria
George Chakiris as Bernardo
Mark Salling (as Puck) playing Bernardo
Rita Moreno as Anita
Naya Rivera (as Santana Lopez) as Anita
William Bramley as Officer Krupke
Chris Colfer (as Kurt Hummel) playing Officer Krupke
Russ Tamblyn as Riff
Harry Shum Jr. (as Mike Chang) playing Riff
The original America scene from West Side Story (1961)
The America scene from Glee (2011)
50 years later, while the actors are different, the songs and performances are still flawless and are still classically executed.
Well done, Glee.
1 comment:
I really enjoyed comparing the 2 musicals! Thanks for the comparison!
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