Rita Moreno talks about Jerome Robbins

RITA ON JEROME ROBBINS: "He was astonishing because he did something that no-one ever did. He choreographed for character. The steps that Anita did in WEST SIDE STORY were specifically for Anita. No-one else in that play could've done those steps. Because they were specifically Anita-type steps."

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[nognilk]

Rita, let me tell you sometime... you are beautiful, you got the part. (3:05)

[Troublemaker1991]

I agree 1000% on what RIta said on the last 1.5 minutes of this video!

There is no other movie of the musical gender that can match the magic and perfection of West Side Story... also the film audiences these days fail to recognise how beautiful they can be...

I have fealt so many times before that I was born on the wrong place and time :S I would give anything to go back in time and watch the very original West Side Story production & performance...

[elainebmack]

@hughkelly1993 . This is true, but aside from West Side Story, Rita Moreno could sing, dance, and act.

[hughkelly1993]

@elainebmack Many of the people from WSS, including Natalie Wood, were dubbed and didn't actually sing.

[elainebmack]

@weirdoinchains . You bet they're too scared to remake WSS. It calls for REAL acting, REAL singing, and REAL dancing, not computer generated bs, auto tune, and other electronic smoke and mirrors. There's also no nudity, so eliminates just about every "star" you can name.

[elainebmack]

@Troublemaker1991 People don't know what real dancing is anymore. They think it's all pseudo "sexy' bump and grind stuff al la MTV, and almost no one can sing either. Seldom do you have anyone who can do all three like Rita Moreno and others from her generation.

[lilchuy01]

its funny that she said that she felt "threatened" by beautiful when she had to audition for sometihng b/c i'm sure moreno made a lot of women jealous. she was so gorgeous and still is

[Troublemaker1991]

@weirdoinchains: It's a risky think, to recreate classic movies and magical movies such as West Side Story. Considering that film musicals do not sell that much any more and that it is very hard to find people who can dance, act and sing in Hollywood these days that makes WSS particularly challenging to remake. Maybe in 20 years time they'll think about it again, but now is not the time...

[weirdoinchains]

Who else agrees that people are too scared to do a re make of West Side Story?

[Troublemaker1991]

She DID sing her own part in "America" and "Tonight (Quintet", but she had said in an interview that she could not hit the low nots for "A Boy Like That" and that's when they brought in Betty Wand... She had also said in the interview that she didn't like the result because in her opinion her expressions and reactions to Maria did not much with Betty's tone of voice.

[JAS576]

The CD credits are incorrect; Rita Moreno most definitely sang ALL of "America" and her solo part in the quintet. When the ensemble begins, Anita's lines are sung by Marni Nixon and Betty Wand sings "A Boy LIke That." This is all well documented.