Liana Gineitis (center) as Anita with Jessica Nahigian, Amelia Stone, Thuy-Van Tran and Rosey Allen as the girls Photo

From: All-Teen 'West Side Story' Delivers Message with Music

Boston Children's Theatre combined its recent 50th anniversary presentation of the classic musical West Side Story with a potent message: gang violence has tragic consequences. Multi-racial and multi-ethnic kids from Boston's inner city and its more affluent suburbs shared the stage - and drove their points home in dramatic fashion.