I have never seen the 1961 film version of "West Side Story," nor have I listened to the original 1957 Broadway soundtrack. To me growing up in Puerto Rico, "West Side Story" was an outdated ...

We have Puerto Rican actresses starring in films already, like Rita Moreno and Jennifer Lopez and Zoe Saldana, but West Side Story is one of the few movies that centers the story on our specific ...

Puerto Rico has been a U.S. territory ever since ... “In that sense, the film, this particular ‘West Side Story,’ has more awareness and more clarity about the political situation ...

Steven Spielberg Met With Puerto Ricans About ‘West Side Story’ Concerns At a town hall with University of Puerto Rico students and faculty, director Steven Spielberg, flanked by screenwriter ...

that Puerto Rico was just hurricanes and pregnancies and the United States offers all these opportunities. One of the things that makes “West Side Story” so complex is that at the same time ...

Unfortunately, intelligent discussions about West Side Story will be difficult for many students, including Latinos, because the educational system in this country has excluded Puerto Rico and Puerto ...

Marcos Santana had a daunting task: To make the incomparable theater classic “West Side Story” more inclusive of the Puerto Rican characters and culture that contribute so much to the story of ...

Rita's Harvard degree is more than just a personal milestone, it's a celebration of resilience, talent, and commitment to her ...

“West Side Story” is a beautifully-mounted ... the seething background of rival and bitterly-hating youthful Puerto Rican and American gangs (repping the Montagues and the Capulets) on ...

The Jets are a group of white boys led by Riff, while the Sharks are Puerto Rican teens led by ... Valentina, in the West Side Story remake. She also executive produced the Steven Spielberg ...

NEW YORK, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Chita Rivera, the musical theater legend and multiple Tony winner who created the role of Puerto Rican firebrand Anita on Broadway in "West Side Story" and other ...