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Stephen Sondheim, a towering figure in musical theatre, has died.

Steven Spielberg’s “ West Side Story” adaptation released an official trailer during the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday night. If you missed the promotional video during the event, you can watch it below for a quick preview of the cast and get a great look at the production. The cast includes Ansel Elgort as Tony, Rachel Zegler as Maria, Rita Moreno as Valentina, Maddie Ziegler as Velma, Corey Stoll as Lieutenant Schrank, Brian d’Arcy James as Officer Krupke, Ana Isabelle as Rosalia, Ariana DeBose as Anita, and David Alvarez as Bernardo. Spielberg directed the project, working...

Region: All MSRP: $21.99 The Production: 4.5/5 Stephen Sondheim, the dean of American musical-theater composer-lyricists, has been fortunate to have been interviewed throughout his noteworthy career, and we’re even luckier that he is both intelligent and articulate, able to summon at will his thoughts about fashioning words and music tightly into a musical libretto so that the process flows effortlessly from dialogue to songs in a way unmatched by composers of his own or previous generations (though he freely gives credit to his forefathers in tributes to Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, and Os...