With Stephen Spielberg’s cinematic adaptation of West Side Story musical in theaters now, it was announced that The Long Wharf Theater wants to explore Maria’s life after her West Side Story.
According to Forbes, Steven Sapp and Mildred Ruiz-Sapp saw it as the perfect time to create a musical titled, Maria. The musical was commissioned by The Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, and will be written by Steven Sapp and Mildred Ruiz-Sapp. If you’re familiar with the plot of West Side Story, you know that the conclusion is open ended as Maria walks into an uncertain future, and the Sapp duo want to follow up with the character in Puerto Rico.
“What happened to that young woman, Maria, after she walks out of the park after Tony has been murdered?,” Steven Sapp said. “What life does she lead now that she knows hate and murder, … and where does her story continue?...
According to Forbes, Steven Sapp and Mildred Ruiz-Sapp saw it as the perfect time to create a musical titled, Maria. The musical was commissioned by The Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, and will be written by Steven Sapp and Mildred Ruiz-Sapp. If you’re familiar with the plot of West Side Story, you know that the conclusion is open ended as Maria walks into an uncertain future, and the Sapp duo want to follow up with the character in Puerto Rico.
“What happened to that young woman, Maria, after she walks out of the park after Tony has been murdered?,” Steven Sapp said. “What life does she lead now that she knows hate and murder, … and where does her story continue?...
- 12/21/2021
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
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