As someone who likes to think I have a fairly complete education in the Broadway musical, however, one show holds a special place: West Side Story.

对于那些自认对百老汇音乐剧欣赏有很深造诣的人来讲，有一部剧享有特殊的地位：这就是《西区故事》。

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"Stick to your own kind," goes the "West Side Story" refrain, a phenomenon that sociologists call homophily: love of the same.

“坚持你自己的种类”，这是“西边的故事”中的副歌部分，描述了一种被社会学家称之为“同质性”的现象，即同样的爱。

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No, I came to West Side Story simply to find out whether, in 2009, the show still entertains, excites, lives up to its gargantuan reputation.

不，当我看完这版《西区故事》后，我在想，到了2009年，这部久负盛名的音乐剧是否还具有娱乐性，是否还能承担如此的赞誉。

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one of the most beautiful songs from "West Side Story."

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Upon their return to Manhattan, they put the notion to Robbins, shifted back to team mode, and the West Side Story project was reignited.

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The actor beat five others including books by fellow actor Michael Pennington and the late West Side Story playwright Arthur Laurents.

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It was the original concept for West Side Story, one of the most successful musical theater productions ever and an Academy Award-winning 1961 motion picture.

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