[EdnaMode]

Info on the lead roles:

“The casting call notes that all four of the lead actors must be able to speak Spanish. A production date has not been set.”

http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles-theater/news/casting-call-steven-spielberg-west-side-story-remake_83842.html

[a fool in paradise]

So the white roles will go to Hispanics too?

Or are the fighting families/gangs both Hispanic this time around?