Best Featured Actress in a Musical: Karen Olivo won. 2009 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical: Karen Olivo was nominated but did not win. 2009 Outer Critics Circle Awards ...

West Side Story, a modern Romeo and Juliet set against the backdrop of gang violence, is a powerful and timeless musical. The music was composed by the legendary Leonard Bernstein, with lyrics by ...

Ten Oscars, including Best Picture, went to this version of the Broadway hit about warring Manhattan street gangs and two lovers from different ethnic backgrounds.

But there’s one thing the 1961 West Side Story changed from the original Broadway show. And the small change in song placement made for one of the most famous scenes in movie history ...

The Broadway musical was immediately popular when it debuted in October 2003, dazzling audiences with the origin story of Elphaba, a.k.a. the Wicked Witch of the West, years before Dorothy landed ...

A high school student has been cast as Maria in Steven Spielberg's West Side Story remake ... Zegler will star alongside a cast of Broadway veterans. Writing on Instagram, Zegler said she was ...

Opening in theaters on December 10th is the new musical remake ‘West Side Story,’ which is based on the Broadway play and the original 1961 ... movie boasts a strong cast of actors including ...

The 30-year-old Broadway and film star, who grew up in Raleigh and Wake Forest, already has played “The Bullet” in the original Broadway ... version of “West Side Story,” to be released ...