![]() ![]() Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 13th 1966, Len Barry's covered version of "Somewhere" entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #71 and four weeks later on April 3rd, 1966 it peaked at #26."It wasn't so much anger as 'I'm determined that things are going to change,' and the exhaustion of that." It's not just, 'There's a place for us,' but 'I know there's a place for us.' I've always felt she's saying, 'Somewhere, somehow, damn it, there is a place for us,'" she explained. "I thought it should have a bit of anger under it. Moreno, however, wanted her performance to be fueled by anger, but the Bernstein estate vetoed her vehement interpretation. Maybe there is, maybe there isn't, but she's singing for everyone, including herself." ![]() It is about: There's a place for all four of those characters. It had to be about the aftermath of Anita losing Bernardo. It also had to be about the last desperate connection between Maria and Tony. "'Somewhere' had to be about mourning the loss of her husband. "We decided that 'Somewhere' needed to go from the first person to the third person," he explained. Spielberg spoke with Entertainment Weekly about the song's significance to the reimagined plot. Valentina is still mourning the loss of her husband as she sadly sings the tune alone in the store's window. A 1961 musical film of the same name, directed by Robert Wise and Robbins, starred Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris and Russ Tamblyn. Valentina is the widow of Doc, the drugstore owner from the original story who acted as a mentor to the warring teenagers. In the modern version, a new role was created for her. In the 1961 film, Moreno played Anita, the girlfriend of Sharks gang leader Bernardo, a role that earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Rita Moreno sang this in Steven's Spielberg's 2021 remake of West Side Story. ![]()
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