According to the company's statement the play "is not a sequel ... a commission to develop a new musical, MARIA, a response to cultural appropriation in West Side Story, focused on what happens ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle ... I'm not that color': Rita Moreno pushed back against dark makeup in original 'West Side Story' The musical historically had its romantic leads ...

HOLLYWOOD -- Filmmaker Steven Spielberg's take on the classic musical "West Side Story" takes him back ... Spielberg chose newcomer Rachel Zegler to play his leading lady, Maria.

Most people are familiar with ‘West Side Story’ through the play or movie,” he said. That a musical about star-crossed lovers being performed on Valentine’s weekend is not lost on the ...

That stage show, of course, was a monument to four giants of musical theater ... Spielberg universe To play Tony and Maria, the fateful couple at the heart of “West Side Story,” Spielberg ...

July 6, The Encore Musical Theatre Company will present West Side Story, the groundbreaking Broadway musical inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet on The Encore’s Maas Main Stage. With music by ...

I think we all had fun bringing this story to life. Fox News: It’s been said that Elvis Presley really wanted to play Tony in "West Side Story" but his manager Colonel Parker was against it.

From Rachel Zegler to Ansel Elgort, meet the 2021 'West Side Story' cast ... (based on the 1957 Broadway musical of the same name and inspired by Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet) follows ...

A tale of star-crossed lovers The musical West Side Story is a modern twist on the ... “I’m almost 100 per cent myself every day I play the role. For me, this role is just a way for me to ...

"West Side Story" is a musical inspired by William Shakespeare's (1564-1616) play, “Romeo and Juliet,” which is set in the mid-1950s in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City ...

The play West Side Story was first staged in New York in 1957, and the film was produced in 1961. In 1999, a production of the play at Amherst High School was cancelled after students and parents ...