West Side Story

Overview
West Side Story is a musical theater production based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The plot deals with two rival gangs, the Jets and the Sharks, which parallel the rival families in Romeo and Juliet. One of the Jets falls in love with the sister of the Sharks' leader.

Importance
This is an important piece of musical theater to the Colbert Nation because of the song "America," which gives great exemplars of why America is such a great place to live.