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You can view my outline in its formatted glory here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1df8uctkRMj4SAi2wYD5iMEK7N91LCOAEjYFBwkQHkCQ/edit?usp=sharing

Here it is in plain, unformatted text. This is how I d […]

My Final Documented Research Essay can be read at the link below!

In this essay I dive into the hidden LGBT message in West Side Story, zooming in on characters like Anybodys and Baby John.

Puerto Rican writer, filmmaker and scholar, Frances Negron-Mutaner, in her scholarly article, “Feeling Pretty” (2003), contends that West Side Story has a problematic history regarding race, gender, and sex […]

Hello! Here is my paragraph. [This paragraph relates to my previous thesis that relates to race and gender in 1957. My paper is no longer going in this direction.]

For my research, I found Feeling Pretty by […]

I will be researching West Side Story and the idea of racial discrimination and isolation toward the Puerto Ricans.

Negron-Mutaner–

Race: The Puerto Ricans/Sharks are treated as a separate community from t […]

In order to narrow my thesis, I had to think deeper about the experiences of LGBT folk in the years following West Side Story’s premiere. I had to consider what real-life events the writers were trying to p […]

In September, I saw Wicked on Broadway! Here is my Aesthetic Experience essay, in which I go into detail about my love for the show.

Originally, I thought I would share my first ever Broadway show, H […]

Hello, future FIQWS student!

I joined this class because I’m a huge Broadway nerd and figured I would love the class. However, I wish I had known we were going to be analyzing three musicals deeply for the […]

West Side Story Analysis

Here is my presentation in which me and my group analyzed scenes and characters from West Side Story.

We analyzed a few songs, scenes, and characters and how they relate to […]

Nov 24th marked the last performance for Heathers UK!  Heathers is a huge part of my life and it’s so sad to see the last official run close.

If you haven’t heard of Heathers (probably because you live […]

My group’s presentation on the way the characters in WSS are impacted by their gender, sexuality and race can be found below.

We discussed the way gender affects Anita and Anybodys, the way race affects the […]

I am a lifelong theater enthusiast and this site will be dedicated to analyzing the real-life significance of American musical theater, including musicals such as West Side Story, RENT, and Disney classics.