Carole D'Andrea, who portrayed the Jet girl Velma in the original 1957 Broadway production of West Side Story and then in the classic 1961 film, has died. She was 87. D'Andrea died March 11 of heart ...

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 ...

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

The original film adaptation of Broadway's "West Side Story," which premiered in 1961, faced criticism for its lack of authentic representation of Puerto Rican characters, as a white actress, Natalie ...

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 is no stranger to navigating Hollywood’s murky waters, but even she wasn’t prepared for the barrage of questions about her identity during the audition process for Steven Spielberg’s… ...