New Lyrics for Old Broadway
In the new Broadway revival of “West Side Story,” one of the noticeable changes is the use of Spanish. Stephen Sondheim gave his blessing for the Spanish update, but translator Lin-Manuel Miranda — a Tony-winner himself for his own musical “In The Heights” — approached the Spanish version very carefully.
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