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DOne of Prince’s biggest successes was West Side Story, which he co-produced in 1957. The play is a musical about the rivalry between Puerto Rican and white street gangs in New York, and the tragic love story of Maria and Tony, based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Before Prince became involved in this project, the show was originally called East Side Story, and it took place during the Easter/Passover season. The plot revolved around rival Catholic and Jewish gangs, and the tragic love story of a Lower East Side Holocaust survivor, Tante, and an Italian gang member from Greenwich Village.


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