George Eastman Award recipient and actress Rita Moreno will have a conversation on stage in front of audience members with Jared Case, curator of film exhibitions, prior to a special film screening of West Side Story (1961) at the George Eastman Museum’s Dryden Theatre on Tuesday, October 28 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets to the event are $50 and can be purchased online at eastman.org.
Moreno will accept the George Eastman Award at a ceremony and gala the following day, on Wednesday, October 29 at 8 p.m., also at the Dryden Theatre. More information can be found at eastman.org/eastmanaward2025.
Moreno received an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Anita in West Side Story (Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, 1961). In 1977, she became the third artist to have received competitive Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards (EGOT). Moreno has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States, from President George W. Bush; the National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama; the Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award; the Kennedy Center Honor for her lifetime contributions to American culture; and the Peabody Career Achievement Award.
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