it right in the way that we wanted every single person who plays a puerto rican to be from the latinx community. and that was the mandate from the get go. the launch of west side story in new york this week has been bittersweet for steven spielberg and his cast, because the film s lyricist, american musical theatre legend stephen sondheim, died at the age of 91, just prior to the film s big premiere. i showed him the film back in february of this year. and he loved it and could not wait until monday night. he wanted to see it with a big audience. and so, when we got the news on, i believe it was on saturday, that he had passed, it was devastating. it s still devastating. sondheim s talents, of course, live on for all to hear in the new film, which has been getting excellent reviews. it seems poised to become a big oscar contender. but musicals can be a challenge to sell at the box office.
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