He was raised without a Jewish education and once said his “West Side Story” collaborator Leonard ... Broadway formulas that would immediately draw audiences. Instead, he crafted musicals ...

From Hollywood's golden age to the contemporary era, movie musicals have been a mainstay. Although the number produced has ...

Axelrod sings Broadway standards from famous Jewish composers, including “Cool” from “West Side Story” (Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim) and “Some Enchanted Evening” from ...

The Musicals of Cole Porter: Broadway, Hollywood ... of his work with Broadway people including Julie Andrews, Leonard Bernstein, Sheldon Harnick, Barbara Cook, Placido Domingo, Gregory Hines ...

The new version of the 70-year-old musical “Peter Pan,” at The Bushnell Feb. 4-9, is set in modern times with care taken to ...

One of the most celebrated examples is West Side Story (1961), adapted from the groundbreaking 1957 Broadway musical. A modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet, the film showcased Leonard Bernstein ...

When was the last time an operetta promised to merge satire, burlesque flair, and an endearing sense of optimism into one ...

Best Musical: Leonard Bernstein won. Best Musical: Betty Comden won. Best Musical: Adolph Green won. Best Musical: Joseph A. Fields won. Best Musical: Jerome Chodorov) won. Best Choreography ...

On the Town (book and lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green; music by Leonard ... old Composer Bernstein (who got a royal bawling out from Serge Koussevitsky for trafficking with Broadway) has ...

Addendum: The Tortoise and The Mayor For full disclosure’s sake, I’m duty bound to tell you that I’m playing Art the Tortoise ...

Lyrics excerpt*) - "They say the lights are always bright on Broadway!" Through stills ... popular musical compositions of such famed songwriters as Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Cole Porter, and ...