His vision in the musical is to show the cruelty and devastation, yet beauty and hope.
is"an American masterpiece," says Ivo van Hove, director of the latest Broadway revival, opening February 20. Van Hove hopes his vision will show the musical in"all its cruelty and devastation, but also all the beauty and all the hope." The Tony-award winning Belgian director of has scaled back from the original production, keeping the stage bare and the story"raw." He focuses on the cultural differences between the characters and the violent world they live in.
"These young people are on their own. They're almost like orphans thrown into the world. The only thing that they know is that they want to establish their own identity, and they do this by fighting. Just for territory, and this little piece of territory gives them an identity."We are the Jets. We are the Sharks." That's something that I find resonates a lot.The clash of cultures is still going on.
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