Deaf Side Story the problems having to get hearing members of the audience to understand the Sharks’ signing in their scenes. Rigney follows Brewer on how it all started and the challenges they all faced. Deaf Side Story Deaf Side Story is a musical based on "West Side Story", itself an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet". Takes place in New York City during the mid-1950s, the musical based on West Side Story explores the rivalry between the two gangs Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different cultural backgrounds (Deaf and Hearing). The members of the Sharks from
West Side Story from rival New Utrecht High School. In the third season of the series "Glee", three episodes feature characters auditioning, rehearsing and performing a school production of "West Side Story." Songs from the musical are performed in episode 2 "I Am Unicorn", episode 3 "Asian F" and episode 5 "The First Time" and also given digital releases. The "Animaniacs" episode "West Side Pigeons" features a parody romance and rivalry that mirrors that of the Jets and the Sharks. In the "Tom and Jerry Tales" episode "The League of Cats", Tom's and Jerry's respective leagues act very similar to the Jets and