For the 1961 movie West Side Story, composer Leonard Bernstein was not the conductor.. So when, in the '80s, he had the chance to make a recording of the score, it must have felt like Christmas.

The legendary composer behind West Side Story ended up resenting its success - and he wasn't too keen on the Oscar-winning film adaptation either, his daughter has revealed.. Jamie Bernstein, the ...

Leonard Bernstein composed West Side Story more than 60 years ago — today, we examine that vibrant work through the lens of two jazz artists, drummer Bobby Sanabria and saxophonist Ted Nash.

The new “West Side Story” doesn’t entirely answer the most obvious question, which is why essentially remake a 60-year-old classic. Director Steven Spielberg nevertheless justifies the ...

In "West Side Story Reimagined," musician Bobby Sanabria infuses the score with Latin jazz in a tribute that also helps raise money for Puerto Rico. “Besides paying tribute to the composer and ...

West Side Story was conceived by choreographer Jerome Robbins who wanted to adapt Romeo and Juliet into a musical. He approached composer Leonard Bernstein who would be behind the music and ...

Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story 2.0 is an ecstatic act of ancestor-worship: a vividly dreamed, cunningly modified, visually staggering revival, passionately conservative but brilliant.

Steven Spielberg's 2021 adaptation of West Side Story assembles an ensemble cast that includes Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler and Rita Moreno. ... Tony Award-winning composer Jeanine Tesori ...

When “West Side Story” composer Leonard Bernstein personally asked her to audition for the role of Anita, Rivera had just ended an affair with Sammy Davis Jr., whom she met in the Broadway ...

Interview Highlights. On why it could only be West Side Story, not East Side Story. Berson: "Originally, when Leonard Bernstein, the composer, and Arthur Laurents, the writer, got together and ...

Sid Ramin, an orchestrator, arranger and composer who won both an Oscar and a Grammy for his work on the film “West Side Story” and whose career outlets ranged from revered Broadway musicals ...

Steven Spielberg's 'West Side Story' screening at the Hollywood Bowl, with Gustavo Dudamel conducting the orchestral score live with the L.A. Phil, imbues the story with a renewed spirit and vitality.