School cancels 'West Side Story'

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) -- They won't be singing "Tonight" at Amherst Regional High School -- or any other night, for that matter.

Plans for the school's spring production of "West Side Story" have been canceled after complaints that the classic Leonard Bernstein musical stereotypes Puerto Ricans."It was clear to me that moving forward with this play at this time would not be helpful to our school community," said principal Scott Goldman.

A parent complained weeks ago. Last week, the local school committee was presented with a petition opposing the musical signed by 158 of the school's 1,400 students. About 10 percent of the student body is of Hispanic descent, the majority of them Puerto Rican.