West Side Story, a modern Romeo and Juliet set against the backdrop of gang violence, is a powerful and timeless musical. The music was composed by the legendary Leonard Bernstein, with lyrics by ...

West Side Story's original Anita Ariana DeBose wins Best Supporting Actress Oscar 60 years after Rita Moreno won for same role West Side Story star Rachel Zegler invited to present at the Oscars ...

WEST SIDE STORY remains as powerful, poignant and timely as ever. The new Broadway cast album of WEST SIDE STORY recently won the 2010 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album. The Bernstein and ...

A high school student has been cast as Maria in Steven Spielberg's West Side Story remake ... was retweeted more than 81,000 times. The original film has drawn criticism in the decades since ...

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ONE of the world’s most celebrated musicals transports the world’s most famous love story from sun-drenched 16th century Verona to New ... the original Broadway production. Dance has subsequently been ...

The 20-year-old is currently shooting Disney's new live action Snow White film in the UK. 20th Century Studios West Side Story's seven ... who played Riff in the original 1961 film, was among ...

The play West Side Story was first staged in New York in 1957, and the film was produced in 1961 ... "And the natives steaming." In the original text Puerto Rico was described as "You ugly ...

Perhaps his biggest success was with his musical West Side Story - a re-telling of Romeo and Juliet updated and moved to New York City. He was also a celebrity and regularly appeared on TV.

One of his most popular works is a re-imagining of Shakespeare's famous tragedy 'Romeo and Juliet' into a New York gang warfare ... you may have heard of: 'West Side Story'. The 'Mambo' comes ...