West Side Story, 1957
WNYC’s Sara Fishko tells a story rarely heard about the musical’s legendary creators Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Laurents, and Stephen Sondheim. And she explores how Cold War tensions simmered under the surface of the show’s ethnic gang battles.
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