Musicals

Musicals The presence of Latinos in Broadway musicals remains tentative. At the level of performance, there have been a number of singer-actors with recognized trajectories, such as Ricky Martin (Evita) and Rita Moreno and Chita Rivera (West Side Story). At the level of composition, a number of musicals are seen as pioneering for a variety of reasons. Some have a Latin theme while others have been created by Latino artists. West Side Story (1957), a Broadway classic, is arguably the most…