West Side Story West Side Story West Side Story is a musical with book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. It was inspired by William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet". The story is set in the Upper West Side neighborhood in New York City in the mid 1950s, an ethnic, blue-collar neighborhood (in the early 1960s, much of the neighborhood was cleared in an urban renewal project for Lincoln Center, which changed the neighborhood's character). The musical explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. The members of
East West Side Story East West Side Story East West Side Story was the second compilation album released by the Japanese band The Blue Hearts. It includes many of their hits from their time with the East West Japan label. All of the band's hits from their times with the Meldac Records label can be found on "Super Best", their third compilation album. The first disc in this set is a compilation of the band's greatest hits from their time with East West Japan, while the second disc is a compilation of songs taken from concert performances between 1991 and 1994. <nowiki>*</nowiki>Tracks 6–13 are