West Side Story (1961) 🏆 The Dance at the Gym Scene It is incredible to think that this marvelous musical cinematographic piece is almost 60 years old. And as old and attractive as ever, the new generations are demanding it. West Side Story is a 1961 American musical romantic drama film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. With a screenplay by Ernest Lehman, the film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same name, which in turn was inspired by William Shakespeare's play R