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 ...
Carole D’Andrea, who portrayed Velma, the Jet girl, in the original 1957 Broadway production of West ... After moving to New ...
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 ...
She played the Jet girl Velma in the iconic musical productions, then was an acting teacher for many years in New York and ...
Actor and dancer ​Carole D'Andrea has passed away at the age of 87. D'Andrea's most celebrated role was as Velma, a member of ...