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Bernstein Meets Broadway - Collaborative Art in a Time of War (Paperback)
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Bernstein Meets Broadway - Collaborative Art in a Time of War (Paperback)
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When Leonard Bernstein first arrived in New York City, he was an
unknown artist working with other brilliant twentysomethings,
notably Jerome Robbins, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green. By the end
of the 1940s, these artists were world famous. Their collaborations
defied artistic boundaries and subtly pushed a progressive
political agenda, altering the landscape of musical theater,
ballet, and nightclub comedy. In Bernstein Meets Broadway:
Collaborative Art in a Time of War, award-winning author and
scholar Carol J. Oja examines the early days of Bernstein's career
during World War II, centering around the debut in 1944 of the
Broadway musical On the Town and the ballet Fancy Free. As a
composer and conductor, Bernstein experienced a meteoric rise to
fame, thanks in no small part to his visionary colleagues.
Together, they focused on urban contemporary life and popular
culture, featuring as heroes the itinerant sailors who bore the
brunt of military service. They were provocative both artistically
and politically. In a time of race riots and Japanese internment
camps, Bernstein and his collaborators featured African American
performers and a Japanese American ballerina, staging a model of
racial integration. Rather than accepting traditional distinctions
between high and low art, Bernstein's music was wide-open, inspired
by everything from opera and jazz to cartoons. Oja shapes a
wide-ranging cultural history that captures a tumultuous moment in
time. Bernstein Meets Broadway is an indispensable work for fans of
Broadway musicals, dance, and American performance history.
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