About the title
A romantic musical drama directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Tony Kushner. The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same name by Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim, based on Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet." The lead roles are played by Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist, Corey Stoll, Brian d'Arcy James, and Rita Moreno. The film is dedicated to Steven Spielberg's father, Arnold Spielberg. New York, the late 1950s. The story of a rivalry between two street gangs and the impossible love between a young man and a young woman from warring factions.