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Carla Della Gatta

is an assistant professor of English at Florida State University, the author of Latinx Shakespeares: Staging U.S. Intracultural Theater, which will be published in fall 2022, and co-editor of Shakespeare and Latinidad, published by Edinburgh University Press in June 2021. She is a past Folger fellowship recipient. She is on Twitter @CarlaDellaGatta.
West Side Story: A new take on Romeo and Juliet, 60 years later
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West Side Story: A new take on Romeo and Juliet, 60 years later

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Tony (Ansel Elgort) and Maria (Rachel Zegler), with the Jets (left) and the Sharks (right). West Side Story, 2021. ©Disney Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story isn’t a mere remake of the 1961 film or a filmic version of the 1957…

Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet turns 25
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Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet turns 25

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Carla Della Gatta writes about Baz Luhrmann’s movie Romeo + Juliet, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes, which became an indelible version for Gen X, Gen Y, and even Gen Z. In homage to West Side Story, it Latin-izes the Capulets, including Tybalt, played by John Leguizamo.
West Side Story: 60 years as a cultural barometer
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West Side Story: 60 years as a cultural barometer

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Sixty years old this week, the 1961 movie West Side Story, based on the acclaimed Broadway musical inspired by Romeo and Juliet, also became a de facto representation of US Latinx in musicals for many years.