Ariana DeBose deletes post quoting criticism of West Side Story costar Rachel Zegler: 'I did not do any research' Rachel Zegler says she was asked by white execs if she was a 'legit' Latina in ...

behind-the-scenes access to see the making of this more than $15 million production. There's no intermission. Iit's stripped down, fast and gritty - a "'West Side Story' for the 21st century." ...

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 ...

Images: Danjaq/MGM Composite: Mark Kelly The new “West Side Story” is, so far ... which Variety called “a dismal result for a movie of its scale and scope.” What happened?

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 ...

From veterans of the Broadway stage, to performers just starting out, and an original cast member from the 1961 movie, the West Side Story cast is full of stars. Here is where you might have seen ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...