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1 day ago · West Side Story is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents.. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, the story is set in the mid-1950s in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, then a multiracial, blue-collar neighborhood.
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West Side Story is a 1957 American musical.. West Side Story...
- West Side Story (Disambiguation)
May 7, 2024 · In 1957, creators Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents would make a smash success out of a peculiar idea: A musical about violent street gangs. West Side Story would go on to become a theatrical landmark, stacked with both Broadway and film awards by the time S. E. Hinton, a thousand miles away in Tulsa, Oklahoma, wrote her own landmark novel The Outsiders ...
May 6, 2024 · Interviews with songwriters and luminaries including Sheldon Harnick, Stephen Schwartz, Harold Prince, Arthur Laurents, Charles Strouse, and Mel Brooks provide insight, alongside standout performances and archival footage. This is a special moment for lovers of musical theater and should be viewed by everyone.
1 day ago · Stephen Joshua Sondheim (/ ˈ s ɒ n d h aɪ m /; March 22, 1930 – November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. Regarded as one of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theater, he is credited with reinventing the American musical.
May 14, 2024 · Released in 2014 as part of the album “Bernstein: West Side Story,” this rendition of the iconic musical piece brings a new perspective to the timeless tale portrayed in Leonard Bernstein and Arthur Laurents’ original work. About the Song
4 days ago · The main character of Katie Morosky was written specifically for Streisand because Laurents felt it was time a strong Jewish, female role model was seen on screen. The ambivalent, pretty and rich Hubbell Gardiner , played by Robert Redford , was literally never properly fleshed out with too many cooks involved in the process of his character development.
1 day ago · Adolf Hitler forbade four Germans, Richard Kuhn (Chemistry, 1938), Adolf Butenandt (Chemistry, 1939), Gerhard Domagk (Physiology or Medicine, 1939) and Carl von Ossietzky (Peace, 1936) from accepting their Nobel Prizes. The Chinese government forbade Liu Xiaobo from accepting his Nobel Prize (Peace, 2010) [9] and the government of the Soviet ...
