Royal Exchange, ManchesterSarah Frankcom and Aletta Collins ditch Jerome Robbins' choreography and keeps the stakes high in a superb production
For more than 60 years, productions of West Si…
Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker is creating new steps for Ivo van Hove's Broadway production in December, and Justin Peck is doing the same for Steven Spielberg's movie version. But arriving befo…
This summer in New York, Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner are expected to begin filming their upcoming adaptation of "West Side Story," a remake of the movie that won a fleet of Oscars in 1…
The Sharks-v-Jets classic is told with Jerome Robbins' 'perfect' moves, admits Aletta Collins. How did she create new ones?
Aletta Collins is telling me about what arrived in the post when s…
Often regarded as the greatest musical of all time, West Side Story is a masterful combination of music, theatre and dance " a show that any musical fan should experience at some point in th…
The electrifying choreography by Al Blackstone and the vibrant staging by Marcos Santana in the Maltz Jupiter Theatre's West Side Story not only wipe away any disappointment at not seeing Je…
The two productions are emblematic of a broader shift in the industry as a whole: one that is trying to be more thoughtful and inclusive, but is still dominated by old habits and modes of th…
Though it might have been a controversial choice to stage West Side Story as the first musical in the Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour series, this brilliant production, under the inspired dire…
A brilliant choice for the first musical to be presented as the annual Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour, West Side Story is given lavish, large scale treatment in what is essentially a highly r…
Steven Spielberg has cast Corey Stoll and Brian d'Arcy James as police officers in his movie adaptation of "West Side Story." Stoll will take on the role of Lieutenant Schrank, the New York …
A pair of celebrated stage stars have been added to the cast of Tony Kushner and Steven Spielberg's upcoming West Side Story film remake. Three-time Tony nominee Brian d'Arcy James will p…
West Side Story on Sydney Harbour is on track to break box office records with ticket sales exceeding 40,000. With only days until Opening Night, the years of planning to bring the first Bro…
Opera Australia and GWB Entertainment have announced that one of the most celebrated musicals of all time, West Side Story will play a limited season at Adelaide Festival Centre from 28 Nove…
For a director born in Puerto Rico, Marcos Santana sees West Side Story's depiction of gang warfare between New York natives and Puerto Rican immigrants containing some aspects that don't q…
Last night, Rita Moreno joined her 'One Day at a Time' costar Justina Machado and creator Gloria Calderon on the 'Busy Tonight' couch. During the interview, Moreno talks playing Lydia on the…
