Bernstein Meets Broadway

Company

Library of Congress

Price

$9.99

Source

Official Store

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…