Driving goats, training for space, demonstrating for teacher pay | August 29
The day in photos around the world.
Patrick Maynard 0 Comment Daily Brief dancers, livestock, protest, soccer, yarnbomber
The day in photos around the world.
Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief 21 And Over, All Scotland Irish Dance Championship, China, Chingay Parade, dancers, flooding, Germany, Greece, Hyderabad, India, Judaism, Lunar New Year, Madhav Narayan, North Korean, Nostalgic Ski Race, nuclear, pigs, Purim, Scotland, Singapore, skiing, snake, Sochi, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, terrorism, Winter Olympics
Hyderabad twin bombing victims remembered, dancers compete in the 29th All Scotland Irish Dance Championship, the Jewish holiday of Purim is celebrated in Israel, the “Fire In Snow” Chingay Parade weaves through the streets of Singapore and more in today’s daily brief.
Nick Tann 0 Comment Entertainment, Q&A, The Baltimore Sun, World Arthur Laurents, Baltimore, Berlin, Courtney Ortiz, dancers, Germany, Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, Maryland, Nicholas Sipes, Stephen Sondheim, West Side Story
For a musical to resonate on an international level more than 50 years after its original Broadway debut demonstrates the brilliance of its creators.
With a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and choreography by Jerome Robbins, West Side Story battled its way onto Broadway from a vision of updating Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet for a beatnik and ballet proficient generation. Many Tony nominations followed in 1957, resulting in a win for Robbins’ choreography, but it lost the “Best Musical” award to the wholesome River City, Iowa spectacle The Music Man. The film adaptation fared much better earning ten Academy Awards including “Best Picture” in 1961.
All of this happened long before our two subjects jetéd into their parent’s lives. Courtney Ortiz and Nicholas Sipes joined the international touring cast earlier this year bringing the original magic of West Side Story to the European stage. The following interview was conducted in August, just before a short break brought them home to the States. They head back to Germany in October and finish out 2012 in Paris.
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