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 To me growing up in Puerto Rico, "West Side Story" was an outdated ...

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 ...

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 ...

Aside from helping Puerto Rico, Sanabria hopes his album can help bridge persistent divisions, a goal sought by the "West Side Story" creators. At the close of the second CD, Sanabria says ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 To me growing up in Puerto Rico, "West Side Story" was an outdated ...

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 ...