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Film, Video West Side Story: The Creation of a Classic

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Title

  • West Side Story: The Creation of a Classic

Summary

  • The Library of Congress presents the creation of the 1957 musical West Side Story, drawing on materials from the Leonard Bernstein Collection, Arthur Laurents Papers, and Oliver Smith Papers to illustrate his talk. After his presentation, we will highlight digitized West Side Story materials in the Leonard Bernstein Digital Collection (https://www.loc.gov/collections/leonard-bernstein/) and connects attendees with the research guides Leonard Bernstein: A Guide to Resources at the Library of Congress (https://guides.loc.gov/leonard-bernstein/) and Musicals of Stage and Screen: A Guide to Resources at the Library of Congress (https://guides.loc.gov/musicals).

Event Date

  • November 09, 2021

Running Time

  • 1 hours 15 minutes 16 seconds

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Credit Line: Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

West Side Story: The Creation of a Classic. 2021. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-10117/.

APA citation style:

(2021) West Side Story: The Creation of a Classic. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-10117/.

MLA citation style:

West Side Story: The Creation of a Classic. 2021. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/webcast-10117/>.