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  • Leonard Bernstein, 1956.
    Leonard Bernstein, 1956.
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    Leonard Bernstein: Behind the Music

    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

    byMarjorie Ingall
  • Steven Spielberg attends 'The Post' European Premeire at Odeon Leicester Square on January 10, 2018 in London, England.
    Steven Spielberg attends 'The Post' European Premeire at Odeon Leicester Square on January 10, 2018 in London, England.
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    Will Spielberg’s New ‘West Side Story’ Be MAGA Vs. DACA?

    It’s time for another tune-up of the classic

    byRachel Shukert
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    (Library of Congress)
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    Leonard Bernstein: A New Look at His Rise, His Foibles, and His Impact on Music History

    The dynamic conductor and genius behind ‘West Side Story’ also wrote classical works. Allen Shawn explores what they reveal.

    byJewish Lives (Sponsored)
  • Leonard Bernstein at the piano, 1936.(Courtesy Yale University Press)
    Leonard Bernstein at the piano, 1936.(Courtesy Yale University Press)
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    Leonard Bernstein, the Man Behind the Legend of the Jewish Maestro

    Homosexuality, Jewishness, and Zionism, in the newly collected letters of the charismatic musician

    byAdam Kirsch
  • Stephen Sondheim and Richard Rodgers working on Do I Hear a Waltz?, 1964.
    Stephen Sondheim and Richard Rodgers working on Do I Hear a Waltz?, 1964.
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    The Art of Making Art

    With Stephen Sondheim’s second collection of his lyrics, the hyper-articulate, neurotic, modernist master Broadway songwriter takes a curtain call

    byAdam Kirsch
  • Amr Moussa (R) with Hamas’s leader and deputy leader.(Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images)
    Amr Moussa (R) with Hamas’s leader and deputy leader.(Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Daybreak: Change Is Coming to Egypt

    Plus CUNY trustee digs deeper, and more in the news

    byMarc Tracy
  • Bernstein at rehearsal for West Side Story. Carol Lawrence (who played Maria) is at his left, and lyricist Stephen Sondheim is playing the piano, 1957.(Library of Congress)
    Bernstein at rehearsal for West Side Story. Carol Lawrence (who played Maria) is at his left, and lyricist Stephen Sondheim is playing the piano, 1957.(Library of Congress)
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    With a Capital ‘J’

    Alisa Solomon gives us the story behind West Side Story

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