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tenshichan1013 · 3 months

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frozen broadway north american tour love and support

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riffheartsgraziella · 2 years

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Not me getting super emo looking at all the supportive comments Sean’s WSS cast mates left on his post about making his Broadway debut 🥹

#sean harrison jones #broadway debut #hamilton #paloma garcia-lee #kyle coffman #john michael fiumara #jonalyn saxer #sara esty #leigh-ann esty #halli toland #brianna abruzzo #garett hawe #ilda mason #ricky ubeda #west side story 2021 #wss cast

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chrisnaustin · 2 months

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If only I were she!

#leigh-ann esty

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swanlake1998 · 3 years

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audrey malek and cortney taylor key photographed in adriana pierce’s animals and angels by leigh-ann esty

#audrey malek #cortney taylor key #ballet #ballerina #leigh-ann esty #animals and angels #these photos are heart fluttering

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galina-ulanova · 5 years

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Michael Breeden and Leigh-Ann Esty in Twyla Tharp's Sweet Fields (Miami City Ballet, 2016)

#ballet #michael breeden #leigh-ann esty #miami city ballet #sweet fields

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claireverlasting · 2 years

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The Dance At The Gym - Jets Edition (2/4)

Diesel & Mamie

Balkan & Gussie

Big Deal & Natalie

Numbers & Maxie

Master post

#character backgrounds #west side story #west side story 2021 #the jets #kevin csolak #kellie drobnick #kyle allen #leigh ann esty #john michael fiumara #adriana pierce #harrison coll #skye mattox #movie musical

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jilllovesmike · 2 years

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From Leigh-Ann Esty’s Instagram page.

#mike faist #riff west side story #west side story 2021 #panic amazon #dodge mason #newsies #morris delancey #dear even hanson #connor murphy

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solarting · 3 years

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saw a beautiful photo by leigh-ann esty and thought of their dance scene

#my art #the owl house #toh #lumity #luz noceda #amity blight

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popentertainment-moviereviews · 2 years

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WEST SIDE STORY (2021)

Starring Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist, Rita Moreno, Brian d'Arcy James, Corey Stoll, Josh Andrés Rivera, Iris Means, Mike Iveson, Jamila Velazquez, Annelise Cepero, Yassmin Alers, Jamie Harris, Curtiss Cook, David Avilés Morales, Sebastian Serra, Ricardo A. Zayas, Sean Harrison Jones, Jess LeProtto, Patrick Higgins, Kyle Allen, Ana Isabelle, Tanairi Sade Vazquez, Yesenia Ayala, Eloise Kropp, Paloma Garcia-Lee, Leigh-Ann Esty, Harvey Evans, Bert Michaels and David Bean.

Screenplay by Tony Kushner.

Directed by Steven Spielberg.

Distributed by 20th Century Studios. 156 minutes. Rated PG-13.

Steven Spielberg has been toying with the idea of making a film musical for most of his career, but shockingly over all these decades he has never actually done it. Well, Spielberg has never been a timid filmmaker, but even for him he is setting the bar pretty high now that he has taken the leap – remaking arguably the most iconic musical of the last century.

And now, in a very good year for musicals with the terrific likes of In the Heights, Cyrano and Tick Tick… Boom, Spielberg has made the best musical of the year. In fact, it may very well be the best movie of the year.

Yes, it’s that good. Not only is Spielberg’s remake of West Side Story as terrific as the classic 1961 original film, in some ways it is even better. This film was obviously a labor of love for Spielberg (in the closing credits the film was dedicated “For Dad”) and has brought out his best as a filmmaker. In Spielberg’s case, that is some pretty high praise, indeed.

The new West Side Story – with a screenplay by Tony Kushner of Angels in America fame – is mostly very faithful to the original storyline. However, even though the film still takes place in the early 1960s, sixty years of hindsight allow Spielberg to make certain things explicit which had to be somewhat downplayed in 1961 – the racial hatred, the violence, the extreme poverty, the squalor, the destitution, the sexual mores of the time.

All of those things were also present in the original, but the filmmakers had to skirt the issues more. The new West Side Story puts them right in your face. These are a bunch of deluded, angry losers, fighting against a world they did not create, stuck in the slums of New York’s West Side (specifically, their neighborhood is slowly being torn down to build the Lincoln Center, so it is the area around the 65th and Broadway), where only friendship and love make life worth living.

Well, those, and music and dance. The score to West Side Story – written by Leonard Bernstein and the recently passed Stephen Sondheim – is one of the great musical scores of all time. Most musicals are lucky to have one or two songs steep into the public consciousness. Every single song in West Side Story – “Maria,” “Something’s Coming,” “America,” “Somewhere,” “I Feel Pretty,” “Tonight,” “Jet Song” and more – are rightfully considered musical standards.

Wisely, Spielberg recognized that these songs and the dancing were classics, and mostly he changed up the way the songs were presented. For example, rather than a rooftop dance-off, the new version of “America” spills out into the city streets and becomes a huge almost flash mob. Also, having brought in the original film star Rita Moreno to play a new character – the widow of the store owner Doc from the first film – it is only natural that they would want to give her a song. What is a bit of a surprise is that they allowed her to sing female lead Maria’s showcase tune – “Somewhere” – and Moreno unsurprisingly nails it.

Don’t feel too bad for Rachel Zegler, the extraordinary talent who plays Maria, though. (Zegler was discovered on YouTube after a casting search of over 30,000 people.) Zegler gets more than enough opportunities to shine in her role and she is completely up to the task. If this film does not make her a star, there is something wrong in the world.

Her true love Tony is played by the only quote-unquote star in the film, Ansel Elgort of Divergent, The Fault in Our Stars and Baby Driver. He also acquits himself admirably. His vocal range is a bit limited compared to Zegler, but his vocals were still very good.

Other lesser-known talents who shine are Ariana DeBose as Anita, David Alvarez as Bernardo, Mike Faist as Riff.

And, needless to say, as West Side Story was based on Romeo and Juliet, the ending is still devastating.

Get ready to see West Side Story included on many best-of lists for the film’s movies and don’t be at all surprised if it approaches the original’s Oscar haul (the 1961 film was nominated for 10 Oscars and won all of them). More importantly, get ready to see West Side Story on the big screen, where it belongs.

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#West Side Story #2021 #Movie Reviews #Ansel Elgort #Jay S. Jacobs

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eskwander · 3 years

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audrey malek and cortney taylor key photographed in adriana pierce’s animals and angels by leigh-ann esty

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thediaryofatheatrekid · 4 years

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Casting Goals: The Phantom of the Opera

Jordan Donica as The Phantom

Amara Okereke as Christine Daaé

Alistair Brammer as Raoul

Audra McDonald as Carlotta Guidicelli

Jon Jon Briones as Monsieur André

Paul Schoeffler as Monsieur Firmin

Chita Rivera as Madame Giry

Zachary James as Ubaldo Piangi

Brittany Pollack as Meg Giry

Grace Chapman as Christine Daaé (alt)

Adam Bayjou as Auctioneer (Phantom u/s, Firmin u/s)

Alicia Shumway as Page (Carlotta u/s)

Andrei Chagas as Slave Master/Solo Dancer

Claudia Kariuki as Spanish Lady (Carlotta u/s)

Hayden Milanés as Porter/Fireman (Raoul u/s)

Heath Saunders as Marksman (Phantom u/s, Piangi u/s)

La Jeromeny Brown as Slave Master/Solo Dancer

Leo Roberts as Passarino (Phantom u/s, Piango u/s)

MaryAnn Hu as Madame Firmin (Giry u/s)

Monté J. Howell as Jeweler (Phantom u/s)

Nathaniel Stampley as Monsier Leferve/Firechief (André u/s, Piangi u/s)

Niall Sheehy as Joseph Buquet/Don Attilo (Raoul u/s, Firmin u/s)

Nick Gaswirth as Monsieur Reyer/Hairdresser (André u/s)

Nikki Renée Daniels as Wardrobe Mistress/Confidante (Carlotta u/s)

Scott Stangland as Monsieur Reyer/Hairdresser (Firmin u/s, Piangi u/s)

Viveca Chow as Princess (Christine u/s)

Yuki Ozeki as Innkeeper’s Wife (Giry u/s)

Bianca Teixeira as Ballet Chorus

Emily Davis as Ballet Chorus

Gabriela Gonzalez as Ballet Chorus (Meg u/s)

Georgina Pazcoguin as Ballet Chorus

India Bradley as Ballet Chorus (Meg u/s)

Leigh-Ann Esty as Ballet Chorus

Maria Briggs as Ballet Chorus (Meg u/s)

Mine Kusano as Ballet Chorus

Olivia Boisson as Ballet Chorus

Brandt Martinez as Swing (André u/s, Firmin u/s)

Daisy Hobbs as Swing (Giry u/s)

David Kaverman as Swing

Emily Kikta as Ballet Swing

Milika Cherée as Swing (Christine u/s)

Robert Ariza as Swing (Raoul u/s)

Sharone Sayegh as Swing

Honorable Mentions: Debbie Allen as Madame Giry Charli Baptie as Christine Daaé Kristin Chenoweth as Carlotta Giudicelli Olivia Dei Cicchi as Princess (Christine u/s) Q Lim as Christine Daaé (alt) Rachel Zegler as Christine Daaé (alt) Ruthie Ann Miles as Carlotta Giudicelli

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tenshichan1013 · 7 days

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frozen broadway north american tour dreams come true

#disney #frozen #broadway #frozen broadway #frozen the musical #north american tour #instagram #behind the scenes #elsa #princess elsa #queen elsa #anna #princess anna #elsanna #natalie goodin #lauren nicole chapman #leigh-ann esty

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riffheartsgraziella · 2 years

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I love this shot of the Jet girls celebrating together when they wrapped filming for DATG ✈️❤️

#the jet girls west side story #maddie ziegler #sara esty #kellie drobnick #lauren leach #brittany pollack #halli toland #adriana pierce #eloise kropp #brianna abruzzo #jonalyn saxer #talia ryder #leigh-ann esty #west side story #west side story 2021

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chrisnaustin · 2 years

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If only I were she!

#leigh-ann esty

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swanlake1998 · 3 years

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audrey malek and cortney taylor key photographed in adriana pierce’s animals and angels by leigh-ann esty

#audrey malek #cortney taylor key #ballet #ballerina #leigh-ann esty #animals and angels

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kyleallenish · 5 years

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Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story

According to Playbill and several other sources, Kyle Allen will be a part of the West Side Story film adaptation directed by Steven Spielberg, which should start shooting summer 2019.

“The Jets chorus will include Brianna Abruzzo, Kyle Allen, Kyle Coffman, Ben Cook, Harrison Coll, Kevin Csolak, Kellie Drobnick, Julian Elia, Myles Erlick, Leigh-Ann Esty, Sara Esty, John Michael Fiumara, Garett Hawe, Patrick Higgins, Sean Harrison Jones, Eloise Kropp, Lauren Leach, Jess LeProtto, Skye Mattox, Ezra Menas, Adriana Pierce, Brittany Pollack, Daniel Patrick Russell, Talia Ryder, Jonalyn Saxer, and Halli Toland.”

“Casting Director Cindy Tolan looked at more than 30,000 performers, making this Spielberg’s broadest casting search since Schindler’s List (1993). For over 50 new cast members, West Side Story will mark their feature film debuts.The Twentieth Century Fox project features direction by Spielberg, a script by Angels in America scribe Tony Kushner, and choreography by Justin Peck (who won his Tony Award for 2018’s Carousel and welcomes many of those ensemblists into this cast).”

#kyle allen #west side story #steven spielberg #the path on hulu #american horror story: apocalypse #news #media

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