West Side Story - Behind the Scenes in Australia

The Paramount Theatre Presents WEST SIDE STORY Stories 6/7

West Side thrills this side of town

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West Side Story comes to T&T

Brandeis honors Bernstein with annual festival

Seattle 5th Avenue Theatre's Spotlight Night to Focus on Bernstein on March 22nd.

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Playbill Article: Fancy Free: The Birth of an American Classic

Chicago's Goodman Theatre presents Bernstein's Candide in a reimagined production by Mary Zimmerman

New York Times: Letter to the Editor

What We Owe Leonard Bernstein

Allan Kozinn for the NY Times:

Bernstein on the Mystery Behind the Music

As part of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's US visit, they are making 10 of their symphony recordings available for free downloads online. Conductors featured on these recordings include Mariss Jansons, Leonard Bernstein, Bernard Haitink and others.

As part of their American at Heart program, The Houston Ballet will mount Jerome Robbins' and Leonard Bernstein's ballet Fancy Free from March 11-20. Visit The Houston Ballet for more info and tickets.

The first West Side Story National tour begins in Detroit this fall at the Fisher Theatre beginning October 10. Read the entire story from Broadway.Com.

Congratulations to Steven Epstein! He won Classical Producer of the Year at the Grammy's for the recent Naxos recording of Bernstein's Mass

The New Broadway Cast Recording of West Side Story has won the award for Best Musical Show Album at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. Other shows nominated for the award were Ain't Misbehavin, Hair, 9 to 5: The Musical and Shrek: The Musical. Click here find the album at the Leonard Bernstein Store.

"For an indication of what sort of cultural clout Leonard Bernstein commanded during his mediagenic 1950s heyday, one need only look to the fan mail he received after appearing on the TV series Omnibus"

Leonard Bernstein's historic Omnibus broadcasts are finally available on DVD, and Time Out New York has recently reviewed this 4-DVD set.

See more at Time Out New York's website

A collaboration between the 5th Avenue Theatre and the Seattle Police Department, the WEST SIDE STORY PROJECT used gang issues from the 50th anniversary production to educate today's youth. Over the course of three months, teens attended youth summits and worked with Seattle Police officers in role reversal situations to learn more about each other.

Listen to Leonard Bernstein’s assistant (1985 – 1990) Craig Urquhart speak about the iconic composer and conductor, with the Independent's Edward Seckerson in this podcast specially commissioned for Southbank Centre’s The Bernstein Project.