West Side Story

Latino Tony Winners through the Years: A Retrospective

Latino Tony Winners through the Years: A Retrospective

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 04/30/2013 - 10:13 | 0 Comments

The Tony Awards nominations were announced today, and we admit we're a bit bummed that no Latinos were nominated this year (except of course the superbly talented Lin-Manuel Miranda, a previous Tony winner who wrote the music for this year's hit Broadway...

Rita Moreno

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EXCLUSIVE: Rita Moreno on 'West Side Story': "I Should've Gotten Two Oscars For It!"

By Lee Hernandez | 11/15/2011 - 12:45 | 0 Comments

With Twentieth Century Home Entertainment releasing the classic musical West Side Story on Blu-ray today, we caught up with legendary Puerto Rican actress Rita Moreno, who...

What is it like being Latino in Hollywood? John Leguizamo & Rita Moreno Know

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John Leguizamo & Rita Moreno On Being Latino in Hollywood

By Amaris Castillo | 10/25/2011 - 09:43 | 0 Comments

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Such is the case for actors John Leguizamo and Rita Moreno. Though their careers launched decades apart, both experienced similar hurdles in Hollywood because of their Latino identities. As part of...

Broadway

Our 5 Favorite Latino Broadway Characters!

By Latina Staff | 08/23/2011 - 15:23 | 0 Comments

Ricky Martin has been tweeting about his role in the highly anticipated Broadway musical, Evita, but the Puerto Rican superstar isn't the only one who's excited about the show (we can't wait...

Marias

Our 15 Favorite Marias

By Lee Hernandez | 04/22/2011 - 02:52 | 1 Comment

You know the song: The most beautiful sound I ever heard; All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word—Maria; I just met a girl named Maria.

Over the past 15 years at Latina we have met many Marias; some journalists, some fashion designers, some fictional, some icons, some boats. Check out the extraordinary and exceptional Latinas that made...