Title
Foreword to "Bernstein Meets Broadway: Collaborative Art in a Time of War" by Carol J. Oja
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2014
Publication Title
Bernstein Meets Broadway: Collaborative Art in a Time of War
Department
Music
Abstract
"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."--book jacket.
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Citation
Block, Geoffrey. "Foreword" to Bernstein Meets Broadway: Collaborative Art in a Time of War by Carol J. Oja. Oxford’s Broadway Legacies, Series Editor, Geoffrey Block (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014)