Brian d'Arcy James has been an incredible founding cast member and has taken on classic shows in great revivals as well. One ...
Los Angeles Opera opens James Conlon's final season as music director with 'West Side Story' in Francesca Zambello's well-traveled production.
"West Side Story" is a tale that is operatic, through and through, thanks in part to its poignant "Romeo & Juliet" origins, the incredible songs and staging, and a love story at its center that is ...
JJ Hudson wishes there was a term that would best describe Wichita Grand Opera’s performances of “West Side Story” next ...
Hollywood royalty is arriving in Upstate New York this month as Oscar winner Rita Moreno visits the George Eastman Museum in Rochester for a two-night celebration of her legendary career. The ...
Legendary actress Rita Moreno, this year’s George Eastman Award recipient, will appear at a screening of “West Side Story” (1961) at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28 at George Eastman Museum’s Dryden Theatre. Prior ...
In 1949, choreographer Jerome Robbins phoned Leonard Bernstein with an idea for updating “Romeo and Juliet” into a contemporary Broadway musical. Robbins didn’t know what it would be, but he knew what ...