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Spielberg’s WEST SIDE STORY release pushed to 2021

The release of the highly anticipated West Side Story film has been delayed almost a year.

The film was set to be released on director Steven Spielberg’s birthday, December 18th, 2020, but is now being pushed to a December 20th, 2021 release.

Set on New York’s Upper West Side in the 1950s, West Side Story tells the story of two rival street gangs, the Jets and the Sharks. Tony, a member of the Jets, and Maria, from the Sharks, fall in love, and — in a homage to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet — face the fallout of being in an interracial relationship in a time when racism and prejudice against immigrants ran rampant.

The film features Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler as fated loves Tony and Maria, as well as Broadway favourites Ariana DeBose as Anita, David Alvarez as Bernardo, and Brian d’Arcy James as Officer Krupke.

Gabi Bergman

Gabi Bergman (she/her) is a Melbourne-based performer and educator, and the current Deputy Editor-in-Chief of AussieTheatre.com. She holds a double degree in Theatre Studies and Film/Screen Studies, along with a Master of Teaching (Secondary Education). A passionate advocate for inclusion and diversity in the arts, Gabi brings her deep love of storytelling to the stage, the page, and the classroom. A lifelong lover of theatre, she spends more on tickets than she’d like to admit. Her most prized possession is her ever-growing collection of theatre programs.

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