Ramasar, who was sacked from, and later rehired by, New York City Ballet following his role in the nude photo-sharing scandal at the company, is playing Bernardo in the new production by Ivo…
Today's top stories: West Side Story officially opens tonight, and more!
Congratulations to the entire company of West Side Story on your opening night! Special congratulations to the following 32 cast members who are making their official Broadway debuts t…
Ivo van Hove's new revival stars Isaac Powell, Shereen Pimentel, Yesenia Ayala, and Amar Ramasar.
Shereen Pimentel stars as Maria opposite Isaac Cole Powell as Tony in the revamped production.
The West Side Story revival is about to open on Broadway and it promises to be entirely different from the versions that have come before it. For one, the show is no longer set in 1957…
Something's coming, something good. The photos for the anticipated revival of West Side Story have been released, and it seems the Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents and Leonard Bernste…
What is the proper punishment for #MeToo-era infractions? Demonstrators have been calling for Amar Ramasar's removal from the cast because of his role in a photo-sharing scandal at City Ball…
Ivo van Hove directs the classic musical at the Broadway Theatre.
The re-imagined musical from Ivo van Hove opens at the Broadway Theatre February 20.
Tomorrow is the big night! Tony Award winner Ivo van Hove's new production of West Side Story will open Thursday, February 20, at the Broadway Theatre. We've got your first look at the…
When theatrical giants Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim created West Side Story, it was hailed as an "indisputable masterpiece" (NY Times).…
With the newest production of the classic West Side Story opening February 2020, we're putting you to the test! How well do you know the story of Sharks versus Jets from throughout its histo…
(Alexis Soloski's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/27; via the Drudge Report.) Ivo van Hove likes it in America. Broadway rarely warms to avant-garde Belgian directors, but it has embr…
From stage to screen, Broadway will be represented on TV for the week of February 17, 2020!
The current revival of West Side Story was the subject of a new feature of this Sunday's 60 Minutes.
Songs have been dropped, dance routines booted out and the street-fights look nasty. This is a West Side Story for the Trump era, says the avant-garde superstar director Ivo van Hove likes i…
Tonight, CBS's Bill Whitaker did an excellent report on the mess that is Ivo von Hove's "West Side Story." The musical revival
CBS shares unprecedented access to the production, filming its rehearsals and interviewing its creators, on the February 16 installation of the long-running news show.
(Brian Schaefer's article appeared on Bloomberg, 2/13.) In spring 2016, Belgian theater director Ivo van Hove was in New York, preparing his Broadway production of Arthur Miller's The Crucib…
In response to a statement from "West Side Story" supporting cast member Amar Ramasar, protesters vowed to return louder and in greater numbers than before to speak out against his casting.�…
Since principal casting was announced for the Ivo van Hove-directed Broadway revival of West Side Story was announced last July, there have been public concerns over the actor playing …
Audiences will no doubt recognize the quintessential American musical West Side Story when its latest revival opens next week. Its unforgettable music, lyrics and story are the same. But thi…
Broadway's West Side Story is coming to the defense of cast member Amar Ramasar, who has been at the center of continued protests outside the theater over a sexually explicit photo the actor…
"West Side Story" doubled down on its employment of cast member Amar Ramasar as the musical continues to face protests outside the theater and backlash against his casting. The backlash …