marking the end of the Jets versus the Sharks gang warfare and introducing the world to West Side Story and the original West Side Story cast. The 1961 film, an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway ...

See the original actors side-by-side with the new ... Splendor in the Grass and Gypsy, her part in West Side Story is often regarded as one of her greatest. Beating out 30,000 candidates, Rachel ...

Alvarez was one of the three original Billys in Billy Elliot the Musical on Broadway, winning a Tony for the role. George Chakiris as Bernardo in West Side Story United Artists/Courtesy of Getty ...

For the original cast of West Side Story, their association and affection for the 1961 Academy Award winning film is womb to tomb. While making the rounds on the red carpet, the original cast told ...

Warning: There are minor spoilers ahead for "West Side Story." 1961's "West Side Story" is beloved by many but was criticized for stereotypes. Steven Spielberg's adaptation fixes that with a ...

An original “West Side Story” star is ready to rumble for Rachel Zegler. The 20-year-old actress who played Maria in the revival film revealed Monday that she was not invited to the 2022 ...

Whether you are a fan or not of the original West Side Story, it is fair to say the musical's score is considered to be one of the greatest. Conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard ...

Here’s how it works. Sometimes, no matter what a movie does, it cannot even touch its original. In the case of Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, I believe he’s cracked the code and made a ...

In the original, directed by Robert Wise ... The best things in his version of “West Side Story”—the songs, their acerbity, the view of racial discrimination and class privilege—are ...

The new “West Side Story” doesn’t entirely answer the ... the film – described as a “reimagining” of the original – possesses a grittier edge, directly connecting gentrification ...