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Image credits: ddp images/VidaPress Wood was a celebrated Hollywood actress known for iconic roles in films like West Side Story and Rebel Without a Cause.. She was widely admired for her talent ...
‘The Madison’ star died for three minutes in the emergency room when she had Covid-19 (Getty Images) Around 2 a.m. that same night, the 1923 star was rushed by her uncle to the emergency room.
The two-time Tony winner, who originated the role of West Side Story’s Anita in the original Broadway production, died on January 30. She was 91 . Rivera’s passing came after a brief illness.
Robert Joseph Banas (September 22, 1933 – July 29, 2024) was an American dancer and actor who worked in films such as West Side Story (1961), Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) and Always (1989). He was also a choreographer and dance coach.
Outside of West Side Story, Jay was seen prominently in Robbins’ Afternoon of a Faun and N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz and he was a key member of the "Ballets USA" European tour. When that tour ended he returned to New York and to West Side Story, and he understudied the role of Bernardo taking over for ten days in 1960.
West Side Story is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare 's play Romeo and Juliet , the story is set in the mid-1950s in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, then a multiracial , blue-collar neighborhood.
Sondheim, who wrote the lyrics for 1957′s original “West Side Story” musical, died last month at age 91, two weeks before the latest film adaptation of the Broadway show hits theaters Friday.
[2] [4] He rose to prominence for his supporting role as Chino in the Steven Spielberg remake of West Side Story (2021) acting opposite Rachel Zegler. [2] In 2023, he appeared in the films Cat Person and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. [2] Rivera portrayed Aaron Hernandez in the limited series American Sports Story (2024). [2]