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 ...

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 ...

“There’s confusion because I don’t have a single ounce of Latin in my name,” Zegler said. “When I was in the running for ...

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 of six actors from the original Broadway cast to appear in the 1961 film. In ...

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

"West Side Story" and "The Hunger Games ... Here's a list of the cast and the real-life figures they play. Josh Rivera stars as late New England Patriots tight-end Aaron Rodriguez.

Divergent and Baby Driver star Ansel Elgort has been cast as Tony ... Anita in the original West Side Story film – will also appear in Spielberg’s version as new character Valentina, too.

When she was about 16, she turned down a scholarship to Penn State University and came to New ... She was cast as Velma, a rich girl who falls for Riff (Michael Callin), in West Side Story ...

Rachel Zegler has landed her second shot at Hollywood after being cast in Jamie Lloyd's new ... and transferred to Broadway. The West Side Story star will make her West End debut as Former ...