And Rita Moreno is grateful for that. The actor opened up about the upcoming West Side Story remake in a new interview. And she says “America” — her most iconic dance number from the 1961 ...

Before Steven Spielberg begin filming his planned remake for West Side Story, he might want to talk ... Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim musical: “America.” As fans remember, the dance number ...

This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of “West Side Story,” which opened in 1957 ... That is what we called it then. It was an American idea: that the future is somewhere we are all ...

In the multiple Academy Award-winning 1961 film of West Side Story—which is, by and large, pretty faithful to the stage version—there’s one tiny addition to the original number “America ...

Directed by Academy Award® winner Steven Spielberg, from a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award® winner Tony Kushner, "West Side Story" tells the classic tale of fierce rivalries and ...

Director Steven Spielberg and screenwriter Tony Kushner neither demolish nor copy the classic 1961 musical “West Side Story”: They ... in the history of the American musical theater with ...

Steven Spielberg's 2021 remake of "West Side Story" makes several changes to the 1961 musical. For one, the director moved the performance of "America" to the street to "open everything up." ...

He first watched the original “West Side Story” when he was 10 years old, and it inspired him to pursue a career in dance. “In ‘America,’ there’s this moment where the women flare ...

(Also, yes, Puerto Rico is in America.) The idea behind many of the critiques is that the various incarnations of “West Side Story,” including the most recent one, fall short in capturing the ...

The first time Colombian-American actress Rachel Zegler saw the 1961 film West Side Story, she was enthralled by the Puerto Rican-born actress Rita Moreno twirling on a rooftop in a purple dress.