Puerto Rican mezzo lands 'dream role' in 'West Side Story' tour
Maria gets higher billing and the title of one of the musical's best-known songs, but from the moment she first saw "West Side Story," Michelle Alves preferred Maria's sexier, saucier, more fiery friend, Anita. "Anita was my dream role," said Alves. The Puerto Rican native is with the national touring company of the celebrated Arthur Laurents-Leonard Bernstein-Stephen Sondheim musical adaptation of William Shakespear…