Broadway Show: Westside Story

 This play was so good. I lose attention quickly, but I didn’t once take my eyes off the stage. The music, dancing, and acting were beyond profound. I never really knew the complete concept behind Westside Story, but at the end of this play I understood it completely. The part that I didn’t understand was how Maria could still love Tony after he killed her brother. Her brother was her flesh and blood that she knew forever. Along with that Tony was not the same race as her and his friends were very ignorant. However, when you really love someone it’s hard to just let them leave your life. Tony did not intentionally mean to kill or even hurt her brother, but it was a reaction to the situation at hand. He felt guilty after it took place but in reality he was just trying to stand up for his friend, but he could’ve went into about it in a different way. Maria had to go through a lot of suffering. Not only was her brother killed and Tony happen to kill him, but she was being judged by her own kind and everyone else because she loved someone that was not Puerto Rican. In all I really loved the show and could see it again 100 more times.

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