Remakes of classic films aren’t new, but there’s a responsibility to bring them up to date despite the time period they’re originally set in. Acclaimed director Steven Spielberg attempts to do just that with 2021’s West Side Story, altering certain aspects of the 1961 musical film, which is adapted from the 1957 Broadway musical by Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim (he recently passed away at 91), who wrote the music and lyrics, respectively.

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