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Why West Side Story Leaves Out African Americans
The new film is set in a now-bulldozed Black neighborhood, so why is it all about whites and Puerto Ricans? Because it really takes place in Los Angeles.
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Timothy Noah
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The New Republic
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December 17, 2021
Conservatives Say Liberals Want West Side Story to Be “Woke Side Story”
The beloved musical’s creator struggled to find a place between left and center.
by
Daniel Wortel-London
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Slate
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December 13, 2021
Lincoln Center Destroyed Lives for the Sake of the Arts
The terrific new doc “San Juan Hill” chronicles the 1960s land grab that gave the Metropolitan Opera a home, while scattering longtime residents.
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Elizabeth Zimmer
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Village Voice
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October 3, 2024
How Leonard Bernstein Changed the Canon
In 1966, the conductor arrived in Vienna with a mission: to restore Gustav Mahler’s place in 20th-century music.
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David Denby
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The Atlantic
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April 1, 2025
The Bernstein Enigma
In narrowly focusing on Leonard Bernstein’s tortured personal life, "Maestro" fails to explore his tortured artistic life.
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Philip Clark
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New York Review of Books
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January 17, 2024
Shakespeare Wrote His Best Works During a Plague
The qualities for which live theater is celebrated—audiences responding with laughter, tears, gasps, and coughs—accelerate its danger.
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Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
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The Atlantic
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March 14, 2020
Top Ten Origins: Puerto Rico and the United States
Outlining America's complex relationship and shared history with Puerto Rico and questions about sovereignty.
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Amanda Lawson
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Origins
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April 6, 2018
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