The cast for the Broadway revival of West Side Story has been announced and Maria isn't going to be played by a gringa wearing a lot of bronzer! But she's still not actually Puerto Rican. Trivialities: Heading the cast will be Matt Cavenaugh (A Catered Affair) as Tony, Karen Olivo (In the Heights) as Anita, Cody Green (Movin' Out) as Riff and George Akram ("Stuck on You") as Bernardo. Twenty-one-year-old Argentinean actress Josefina Scaglione, who created the role of Amber Von Tussle in the Argentinean production of Hairspray, will make her Broadway debut as Maria.There aren't any super-talented Puerto Rican actresses who can sing, dance and act? We find that a little hard to believe. Anyway, we're still pretty excited for this. And we're still holding out hope that the singers don't roll every single "R" in every single sentence. Now, forrr yourrr viewing pleasurrrre, herrre's a snippet of some good old-fashioned culturrral ignorrrance frrrom the movie verrrsion of West Side Storrry: Ayayayay! Cavenaugh, Scaglione, Olivo, Green and Akram to Lead Cast of West Side Story Revival [Playbill]
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