West Side Story
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On the 50th anniversary of its debut on Broadway, we hear one of the rarely-told stories about the musical‘s legendary creators Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Laurents, and Stephen Sondheim. WNYC’s Sara Fishko explores how Cold War tensions simmered under the surface of the show’s ethnic gang battles.
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