The "West Side Story" Film Ensemble Includes Maddie Ziegler and Two “SYTYCD” Champions
This is huge news, so we’ll get straight to it:
We now (finally!) know who’ll be appearing onscreen alongside Ariana DeBose and the other previously announced leads in Steven Spielberg’s remake of West Side Story, choreographed by Justin Peck. Unsurprisingly, the Sharks/Jets cast list includes some of the best dancers in the industry.
Maybe the boldest of the boldfaced names is Maddie Ziegler, who’ll play a Jet, as will fellow commercial-dance world standout Myles Erlick. Mike Faist, a Broadway vet who originated roles in Newsies and Dear Evan Hansen, will become Jets leader Riff. A glittering group of ballet-world dancers, including Jeanette Delgado, Brittany Pollack, Harrison Coll, and Sara and Leigh-Ann Esty, will appear in the Jet and Shark ensembles. Two “So You Think You Can Dance” champions—Gaby Diaz and Ricky Ubeda—will play Sharks (we called it!). Naturally, the cast list also features a bevy of Broadway standouts, including Ben Cook, Paloma Garcia-Lee, Eloise Kropp, Jess LeProtto, Jonalyn Saxer, Yesenia Ayala, and David and Jacob Guzman.
Here’s the full lineup:
JETS
Brianna Abruzzo, Kyle Allen, Kyle Coffman, Ben Cook, Harrison Coll, Kevin Csolak, Kellie Drobnick, Julian Elia, Myles Erlick, Leigh-Ann Esty, Sara Esty, Mike Faist, John Michael Fiumara, Paloma Garcia-Lee, Garett Hawe, Patrick Higgins, Sean Harrison Jones, Eloise Kropp, Lauren Leach, Jess LeProtto, Skye Mattox, Ezra Menas, Adriana Pierce, Brittany Pollack, Daniel Patrick Russell, Talia Ryder, Jonalyn Saxer, Halli Toland, Maddie Ziegler
SHARKS
David Aviles Morales, Yesenia Ayala, María Alejandra Castillo, Annelise Cepero, Andrei Chagas, Jeanette Delgado, Kelvin Delgado, Gaby Diaz, Yurel Echezarreta, Adriel Flete, Carlos E. Gonzalez, David Guzman, Jacob Guzman, Ana Isabelle, Melody Martí, Ilda Mason, Juliette Feliciano Ortiz, Edriz E. Rosa Pérez, Maria Alexis Rodriguez, Julius Anthony Rubio, Carlos Sánchez Falú, Sebastian Serra, Gabriela Soto, Ricky Ubeda, Tanairi Vazquez, Jamila Velazquez, Isabella Ward, Ricardo Zayas