Leonard Bernstein
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On The Town (1944)
OK, things Gil didn’t know about this show: The plot is essentially that Warren G and his homie Nate Dogg are cruising for skirts in the 213, and… wait, what? Well, c’mon, this does sound a bit like “Regulate” only set in the 1940s. Anyway. OK, this is the tale of three sailors on twenty-four Continue reading
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West Side Story (1957)
Anyone who knows me will know that I’m hopelessly biased in favour of this show. Ooooh, there are so many good things about it. But let me open with an anecdote, which some of you have heard before. When I was a kid there was a British TV show called “Record Breakers” hosted by the Continue reading
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Wonderful Town (1953)
Anyone with a long-ish memory for GHM writeups might be forgiven for asking a pertinent question here: surely you reviewed this already, Gil, or something very like it? This show has music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and it’s about New York. Did I like this show better when Continue reading
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