Before Leonard Cohen and Frank Sinatra, the great composer and conductor’s legacy of impassioned Zionism helped make a mark on the new country, while informing his contributions to American music
Bradley Cooper and his cast shine in ‘Maestro,’ a film about the life of Leonard Bernstein
‘I am enjoying Vienna enormously,’ the composer wrote to his parents in 1966, ‘as much as a Jew can’
Who better to embody the maestro?
It’s the opposite of ‘Fiddler on the Roof.’ New York City Ballet’s new production opens this week.
The National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia marks the hundredth anniversary of the composer’s birth with an exhibit about his personal life and social activism
It’s time for another tune-up of the classic
Starting a two-week stand at the Village Vanguard, the lyrical master interprets song for his own purposes
Leonard Bernstein’s classic 1944 musical returns to the Great White Way
In an excerpt from a new biography, the great showman asks, ‘What does music mean?’
The dynamic conductor and genius behind ‘West Side Story’ also wrote classical works. Allen Shawn explores what they reveal.
Homosexuality, Jewishness, and Zionism, in the newly collected letters of the charismatic musician
How the Jewish conductor inspired a classical music-loving rabbi
Artists, particularly in theater, are still plagued by the slur “Gay Commie Jew.” But how did it come about?
A story about intrigue, music, lineage, and tradition
Highlighting the Jewish impact on New York City
Need Hanukkah gift ideas? From a tale of a Shabbat princess to a Lower East Side detective story, here are the year’s best Jewish kids’ books
With Stephen Sondheim’s second collection of his lyrics, the hyper-articulate, neurotic, modernist master Broadway songwriter takes a curtain call
