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245 04 a| The Cambridge companion to West Side story /c| edited by Paul R. Laird, Elizabeth A. Wells.;

260 a| Cambridge, United Kingdom ;a| New York, NY :b| Cambridge University Press,c| 2024.;

300 a| xxii, 300 pages :b| illustrations, music ;c| 26 cm.;

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490 1 a| Cambridge companions to music;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

520 a| Over sixty years after its opening night, West Side Story is perhaps the most famous and beloved of twentieth-century musicals and stands as a colossus of musical and dramatic achievement. It not only helped define a generation of musical theatre lovers but is among the handful of shows that have contributed to our understanding of American musical identity at mid-century. Bringing together contemporary scholars in music, theatre, dance, literature, and performance, this Companion explores this explosive 1950s remake of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and its portrayal of the raw passion, rivalries, jealousy and rage that doom the young lovers to their tragic fate. Organised thematically, chapters range from Broadway's history and precursors to West Side Story; the early careers of its creators; the show's score with emphasis on writing, production, and orchestrations; issues of class, colourism, and racism; New York's gang culture, and how the show's legacy can be found in popular culture throughout the world.;

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The Cambridge companion to West Side story / edited by Paul R. Laird, Elizabeth A. Wells.

Other author	Laird, Paul R., editor.
Other author	Wells, Elizabeth Anne, 1964- editor.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Description	xxii, 300 pages : illustrations, music ; 26 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Cambridge Companions
Subjects	Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. West Side story. Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990--Performances. Robbins, Jerome. Laurents, Arthur. Musicals--History and criticism. Race in musical theater. Puerto Ricans in musicals.

Series	Cambridge companions to music Cambridge companions to music. ^A371619
Contents	Part I. Before West Side Story. Performing social relevance in the American musical before West Side Story / William A. Everett -- Bernstein on Broadway / Helen Smith -- In anticipation of West Side Story: the confluence of styles, genres, and influences in the early choreography of Jerome Robbins / Phoebe Rumsey -- Arthur Laurents before West Side Story / John M. Clum -- Sondheim the kid / Steve Swayne -- For a small fee in America: producing West Side Story / Laura MacDonald -- Part II. The Work Itself and Its Context. The score: creation, orchestration, unification, and analysis / Paul R. Laird -- Un-gendering "Somewhere": women's agency and redemption in West Side Story / Katherine Baber -- Shakespeare in the city: adapting Romeo and Juliet / Jane Barnette -- West Side Story and the Hispanic problem / Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz -- West Side Story and the intersections of class, colourism, and racism / Erica K. Argyropoulos -- The real gang history of New York / Elizabeth A. Wells -- Part III. The Legacy. West Side Story and the voice / Sylvia Stoner-Hawkins -- West Side Story/Suite: Jerome Robbins's choreo-directing on Broadway, Hollywood, and ballet stages / Dustyn Martincich -- Exoticism, race, and the Broadway musical in the "City of Waltzes": Marcel Prawy's 1968 West Side Story Production at the Vienna Volksoper / Martin Nedbal -- West Side Story abroad as an American icon / Emily Abrams Ansari, Anne Searcy, Paul R. Laird, Gonzalo Fernández Monte, Elizabeth Wells, and Aino Kukkonen.
Abstract	Over sixty years after its opening night, West Side Story is perhaps the most famous and beloved of twentieth-century musicals and stands as a colossus of musical and dramatic achievement. It not only helped define a generation of musical theatre lovers but is among the handful of shows that have contributed to our understanding of American musical identity at mid-century. Bringing together contemporary scholars in music, theatre, dance, literature, and performance, this Companion explores this explosive 1950s remake of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and its portrayal of the raw passion, rivalries, jealousy and rage that doom the young lovers to their tragic fate. Organised thematically, chapters range from Broadway's history and precursors to West Side Story; the early careers of its creators; the show's score with emphasis on writing, production, and orchestrations; issues of class, colourism, and racism; New York's gang culture, and how the show's legacy can be found in popular culture throughout the world.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2024019524
ISBN	9781108489959 (hardback)
ISBN	1108489958
ISBN	9781108747752 (paperback)
ISBN	1108747752
ISBN	(ebook)

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