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 is the award-winning adaptation of the classic romantic tragedy "Romeo and Juliet". The feuding families become two warring New York City gangs--the white Jets led by Riff and the ...

Rachel Zegler has opened up about the struggle to feel secure in her Latina identity when being cast in her breakout role as Maria in Steven Spielberg's 2021 remake of the 1961 musical film "West Side ...

West Side Story star Rachel Zegler says she wasn't invited to the Oscars West Side Story star Ariana DeBose didn't think she 'was going to get the job' — now she's an Oscar nominee ...

After moving to New York at 16, she was cast as Velma in the Broadway production of West Side Story. She would later be one ...

She played the Jet girl Velma in the iconic musical productions, then was an acting teacher for many years in New York and Hollywood.

Rachel Zegler recalled the feeling of 'having a bunch of white executives have you prove your identity to them' during her ...

Snow White’ actor said that ‘white executives’ questioned her Colombian heritage when she was being cast in ‘West Side Story’ ...

This new “West Side Story,” which is being released just ... and the fact that Rita Moreno was the only Puerto Rican actor cast in the film always appalled me, although I think she’s ...

The star was one of only six actors from the original Broadway cast of West Side Story to appear in the classic feature film.

WEST SIDE STORY remains as powerful, poignant and timely as ever. The new Broadway cast album of WEST SIDE STORY recently won the 2010 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album. The Bernstein and ...

Bernstein conducted his composition here for the first time. West Side Story being composed 30 years prior. Apprehensive at first, he quickly relishes the challenge. The orchestra and singers are ...