Rita Moreno candidly opened up about how filming an attack scene in 1961’s “West Side Story” dredged up memories of her own past trauma. The much-beloved musical film features a scene where ...

That scene has long been one of “West Side ... energizes and ultimately justifies this “West Side Story.” By the end, I was less moved by Tony and María’s tragic love story, which veers ...

Grace, too, informs what might be “West Side Story’s” most shattering scene, in which Spielberg gives the show’s most beloved song — “Somewhere” — to a different cast member than ...

Still, it’s not gonna become a classic in the way the 1961 original movie adaptation did. Where this “Story” occasionally walks into West Side Highway traffic is screenwriter Tony Kushner ...

The movie was also filmed in New Jersey. West Side Story wrapped on September 27, 2019. A scene from the new ‘West Side Story.’ (20th Century FOX) She also praised Spielberg as her “creative ...

This West Side Story may be grittier and more realistic than the original movie, but it also feels more thrillingly old-fashioned than anything a Hollywood studio has released in ages. By the end ...

Not to mention that the 1961 movie featured the white actress Natalie Wood playing the Latina role of Maria. Why does “West Side Story” continue to have such a large cultural footprint?

Movie musicals are back — maybe you’ve ... The opening number of West Side Story, Steven Spielberg‘s all-in adaptation of the landmark Broadway musical and remake of the 1961 Oscar winner ...