who played the part of maria in west side story on broadway
Marlys Watters Josefina Scaglione Josie de Guzman Carol Lawrence
title: Josefina Scaglione text: Scaglione made her Broadway debut in "West Side Story" at the Palace Theatre on March 19, 2009. As Maria, Scaglione won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical and a Theatre World Award, and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, becoming the first actress portraying Maria to receive a Lead Actress nomination (Carol Lawrence and Josie de Guzman each received nominations in the Featured Actress category for their portrayals of Maria in the original 1957 production and 1980 revival). She was recently on the USA network's "Fairly Legal" as title: Carol Lawrence text: Carol Lawrence Carol Lawrence (born September 5, 1932) is an American actress, who has appeared in musical theatre and on television. She appeared as Maria on Broadway in the musical "West Side Story" (1957), receiving a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She has appeared at The Muny, St. Louis in several musicals, including "Funny Girl". She appeared in many television dramas, including "Rawhide" to "Murder She Wrote". She was married to fellow performer Robert Goulet. Born Carolina Maria Laraia in Melrose Park, Illinois, her parents were of Italian ancestry. Her father was born title: Josie de Guzman text: Josie de Guzman Josie de Guzman, also known as Jossie de Guzman, is an American actress and singer of Puerto Rican descent, best known for work in the theatre. After studying at the Boston Conservatory of Music, Guzman made her Broadway debut in 1978 as Lidia in the original production of Elizabeth Swados's "Runaways". She returned to Broadway the following year to portray Gia Campbell in the original production of Joseph Stein and Alan Jay Lerner's "Carmelina". In 1980 she was handpicked by Leonard Bernstein to portray Maria in the 1980 revival of "West Side Story" for which she received title: Carol Lawrence text: Air Presbyterian Church Carol Lawrence Carol Lawrence (born September 5, 1932) is an American actress, who has appeared in musical theatre and on television. She appeared as Maria on Broadway in the musical "West Side Story" (1957), receiving a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She has appeared at The Muny, St. Louis in several musicals, including "Funny Girl". She appeared in many television dramas, including "Rawhide" to "Murder She Wrote". She was married to fellow performer Robert Goulet. Born Carolina Maria Laraia in Melrose Park, Illinois, her parents were of Italian ancestry. Her title: Carol Lawrence text: in Trivigno, in the province of Potenza, and her maternal family came from the same town. She spent one year at Northwestern University and then left to pursue her career. Lawrence made her Broadway debut in 1952 in Leonard Sillman's "New Faces of 1952". She achieved success in the role of Maria in the original Broadway production of "West Side Story" in 1957, and received a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for this role. She played the role for two years, and after an appearance in the short-lived show "Saratoga" in 1959 she