By James Powers On Oct. 18, 1961, West Side Story held its world ... s original review is below. West Side Story is a magnificent show, a milestone in movie musicals, a box-office smash.

Find out where the original cast of the iconic 1961 movie musical is now Their performance left us snapping (we mean, clapping). West Side Story hit the silver screen for the first time in 1961 ...

It can still bring tears to your eyes watching the final scene of this musical romantic drama, when two New York City teenage gangs unite to carry Tony’s lifeless body away in a funeral ...

Originally Anita in 1961 ... whose impact on “West Side Story” echoed through the most recent adaptation, having worked with the team of actors on the movie. Justin Peck, the New York City ...

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With ‘West Side Story,’ choreographer Justin Peck brought ... (Rita Moreno, who played Anita in the 1961 film, is on hand here in a surprising and gratifying role.) The revelation in this ...

The remake comes out 60 years after the original West Side Story movie was released. And fans are eager to see how the remake will differ from the original. But there’s one thing the 1961 West ...

The 1961 adaptation of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim’s work, which won 10 Academy Awards, is considered one of the all-time great movie musicals. The new West Side Story stars Ansel ...

Constance Grady: Remaking West Side Story has always felt to me like a wild act of hubris that should be impossible on two fronts. First of all, the original 1961 film is such a classic that it ...

Natalie Wood originally played Maria in the 1961 film. Even though the late Oscar ... Splendor in the Grass and Gypsy, her part in West Side Story is often regarded as one of her greatest.