The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, August 1st, 2005
When West Side Story opened on Broadway in 1957, the role of Mafia was played by Carol Lawrence. The film version shortly followed and, again, the Puerto Rican heroine was played by a non-Latina, Natalie Wood.
Perhaps the most lasting image of a true Hispanic actress on the Great White Way is Carmen Miranda with a pile of fruit on her head from the 1939 production, Streets of Paris.
Despite the passage of six decades, Broadway has remained largely neutral in the face of the occasional "Latin explosions" that dot mainstream popular culture. Still, the behemoth plugs along, only occasionally m...
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