Word: bernsteins
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...some time now, two extraordinary institutions-the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and Leonard Bernstein-have been at loose ends. The Philharmonic has suffered from an excess of guest batons and a lack of inspired leadership. Leonard
There is a scattering of light verse by E.S. Stewart, who hails Leonard Bernstein as Lampy's hero of the month, and then masticates Cole Porter...
...wrinkles and cracks are beginning to show. Shows like Rumple, the product of lesser talents, look more tired and warmed-over than anything else. On the positive side of the ledger, Leonard Bernstein, with West Side Story, is exploring the musical theater as a vehicle for something like tragedy. And it may be indicative of some change in the pattern of the American musical that the most hailed show now in New York, My Fair Lady, owes much to the British genius, Bernard Shaw; and that The Three Penny Opera has enjoyed a two-year run even though...
...Composer Bernstein strode in, his greying hair dramatically atousle, a navy-blue coat draped cape-style over his shoulders with artful carelessness. Everyone was waiting impatiently for the morning papers. Bernstein brought the news to his table: "They're all raves except Kerr" (the Herald Tribune's authoritatively trenchant Walter Kerr). Added Bernstein: "You know, Kerr's an inverted snob. He's such an intellectual that he can't stand a musical unless it's got a chorus line...
...point in the evening, a friend sidled up to Bernstein. "Quite a nice little evening," commented Oscar (South Pacific) Hammerstein II. Startled, Bernstein stopped talking. Hammerstein hastily added: "No, it was really memorable." Then the two hugged each other...