With the success and multiple Tony Award wins of In The Heights, it was only a matter of time before a revival of West Side Story would be in the works. Scheduled to commence performances in February, West Side Story has announced its complete cast. And the bill includes some very big names in the name of Broadway!
Leading the cast is Grey Gardens' Matt Cavenaugh as Tony, In the Heights' Karen Olivo as Anita, Movin' Out's Cody Green (who also won the Elizabeth Berkley series, Step It Up and Dance) as Riff, and Stuck On You's George Akram as Bernardo. And the "oh so pretty" Maria will be played by Broadway newcomer Josefina Scaglione, who portrayed Amber Von Tussle in the Argentinean production of Hairspray.
The prodcution will be directed by Arthur Laurents.
I'm really hoping this revival will be good and not go the same way as Legally Blonde and Xanadu did!
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