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Bernstein - the Broadway Shows
5/5. Humphrey Burton concludes his week on Broadway with Bernstein's most popular work, West Side Story (1957), With the book by Arthur Laurents and choreography by Jerome Robbins , lyricist Stephen Sondheim called the team "a unique concatenation of people".
With contributions from the orchestrator Sid Ramin , a friend of Bernstein's since childhood, and Ruth Mitchell , who was production manager on the orginal production.
Repeated from yesterday at 12 midnight
Humphrey Burton on Bernstein: page 121

Contributors

Unknown:
Humphrey Burton
Book By:
Arthur Laurents
Choreography By:
Jerome Robbins
Unknown:
Stephen Sondheim
Unknown:
Sid Ramin
Unknown:
Ruth Mitchell
Unknown:
Humphrey Burton
Source: Radio Times

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