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West Side Story

A Conversation With Betty Buckley

Jeryl Brunner | Posted 05.12.2013 | Arts
Jeryl Brunner

For Buckley playing a female impersonator in Drood was pivotal. Not only did she earn a tony award, the part would lead to a longstanding fascination with singing classic standards that were written for men.

WATCH: The Celebrity That Got Rita Moreno Her Start

Posted 03.01.2013 | Fifty

Hardscrabble doesn't begin to describe the childhood award-winning actress Rita Moreno (neƩ Rosita Alverio) experienced growing up in the Bronx. Her ...

There's a Place for Us

George Heymont | Posted 04.19.2013 | Arts
George Heymont

I found Matthew Lopez's Somewhere to be a deeply touching breath of fresh air. Hats off to a tightly knit ensemble (especially Michael Rosen and Eddie Gutierrez) and an extremely promising young playwright.

Would Betty Friedan Be Celebrating?

Gabrielle Burton | Posted 04.06.2013 | Women
Gabrielle Burton

Sooner than I ever imagined. The something that comes cannonballin' out of the sky when you get older is that you wake up one day and things that were just your experiences, your memories, your life, have become history. It's a surreal feeling.

Happy Birthday, Chita Rivera!

Posted 01.23.2013 | Gay Voices

We all know she seems ageless, but the legendary Broadway diva Chita Rivera turns 80 years old today (Jan. 23). The "Queen of the Gypsies" made h...

West Side Never Sounded Better

Lew Whittington | Posted 12.16.2012 | Arts
Lew Whittington

The artistic excellence all around was much appreciated by this audience, who stayed as the credits rolled, lustily applauding Bernstein, Sondheim, Robbins, and of course, the luminous Natalie Wood.

'West Side Story': When You're A Jet, You're A Jet All The Way!

The Huffington Post | Hallie Sekoff | Posted 09.26.2012 | Arts

Today marks the 55th anniversary of the Broadway premiere of West Side Story, which debuted at the Winter Garden Theater in New York in 1957. A ā€œRom...

The Singer: A Conversation With Art Garfunkel

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.20.2012 | Entertainment
Mike Ragogna

If you were to ask me, "How does that work?" I would say "It's all musical affinity," and it's very hard to explain why you're on somebody else's wavelength.

Carol Lawrence Never Met A Ruffle She Didn't Like

The Huffington Post | Michelle Persad | Posted 10.03.2012 | Style

American actress Carol Lawrence is best known for her musical theater performances. The mother of two starred in productions like "West Side Story," "...

Steven Cagan's Love Songs: A Musical Enchants at Feinstein's

Xaque Gruber | Posted 10.20.2012 | New York
Xaque Gruber

"Love Songs: A Musical is for anybody with ears in their head that has been in love or would like to be. I've always believed that love is one of the only things worth singing about."

Laura Rowley

Rita Moreno, Hollywood Legend, On The Power Of Persevering

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Rowley | Posted 03.08.2012 | Fifty

When I met Rita Moreno in her suite at the Waldorf Towers in New York, I immediately noticed three things: She looks at least 20 years younger than he...

DVDs: "West Side Story" (Almost) Perfect In New BluRay Set

Michael Giltz | Posted 01.17.2012 | Entertainment
Michael Giltz

WEST SIDE STORY 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION BLURAY ($69.99 BuRay Deluxe or $29.99 BluRay; MGM) -- West Side Story buzzes with contradictions in this la...

WATCH: 'West Side Story' Flashmob Hits Times Square

Posted 01.12.2012 | Gay Voices

The film version of "West Side Story" may be half a century old, but its ardent fans are clearly still a force to be reckoned with. A flashmob inv...

50 Years Later Rita Moreno Keeps On Dancing

AP | By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS | Posted 01.08.2012 | Latino Voices

NEW YORK -- As Rita Moreno nears her 80th birthday, she's singing and dancing six nights a week in the biographical show "Life Without Makeup." Moren...

Movie Review: Footloose Remake - Why?

Marshall Fine | Posted 12.11.2011 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

Geez, Footloose sucked when it was a Kevin Bacon movie in 1984. Who thought remaking it, almost scene for scene and song for song, would improve it?

First Nighter: Betty Buckley Goes for Men in a Big-Hearted Feinstein's at Loews Regency Way

David Finkle | Posted 12.06.2011 | Entertainment
David Finkle

As one of Broadway's absolute best singing actors, Buckley is used to having previews to work out what she's doing before tough-minded commentators descend. Unfortunately, that's not the cabaret case.

Rita Moreno Stars in a World Premiere of Her Own Life Story

Erika Milvy | Posted 11.11.2011 | Arts
Erika Milvy

Rita Moreno is having a Betty White year. She is back on TV, back on the stage and although she might not be as ubiquitous as Betty White (she has yet to have a calender made about her) she certainly has better gams.

Gatsby, Winter Carnival, and Me

Lonna Saunders | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Lonna Saunders

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, narrator Nick Carraway remarks, "You can't repeat the past." To which Jay Gatsby replied, "You can't repeat the past? Why of course, you can."

HuffPost Interview: Director Kelly Asbury of Gnomeo and Juliet

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

Why gnomes? Why not gnomes?, says Kelly Asbury? The result is a computer-animated comedy aimed at children and adults, using Shakespeare's romantic tragedy as the jumping-off point for a more family-friendly fairy tale.

HuffPost Review: Gnomeo and Juliet

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

Gnomeo and Juliet is exactly the kind of movie you wish for when you're the parent of small children. It's fast, funny and smart enough to tickle the ...

Sondheim's Lyrics: Rhymes, Reasons and Religion

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Michael Sigman

Though I grew up in an agnostic household, I was rarely in doubt that a spiritual force was afoot. Music, specifically what's come to be called "The Great American Songbook," was our religion.

WATCH: Stephen Sondheim: West Side Story Is 'Embarrassing'

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Stephen Sondheim ain't a Jet or a Shark. In fact, he's not too crazy about his landmark musical, 'West Side Story,' at all. The famed composer/lyrici...

This Is Your Brain on Crosswords

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Michael Sigman

"_____ comes but once a year. Var." Can you solve this devilish holiday-season crossword puzzle clue? Hint: The correct nine-letter answer starts with a "C" and ends with an "s" -- and it's not "Christmas".

PHOTOS: Last Night In LA

Huffington Post | Nicole Larson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

On Wednesday night, artists B.o.B and Bruno Mars performed at the GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!!, where Selina Gomez and Foo Fighters front man Dav...

Revisiting West Side Story (VIDEOS)

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
George Heymont

Although I did not see the original production of West Side Story, I've been lucky to see several others.