Ithaca College senior Dharon Jones will make his Broadway debut in February, when “West Side Story” opens at the Broadway Theatre. Previews began Dec. 10, and the show opens Feb. 20.

Jones was featured in a story by The New Yorker on Jan. 6, when he was cast to be Action, a member of the Jets, a street gang in Manhattan. On Jan. 9, it was announced that the acting major would take on the role of Riff, after his castmate suffered an injury.