{"product_id":"bernstein-meets-broadway","title":"Bernstein Meets Broadway","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBernstein Meets Broadway: Collaborative Art in a Time of War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, award-winning author and scholar Carol J. Oja examines the early days of Bernstein's career during World War II, centering around the debut in 1944 of the Broadway musical \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn the Town\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and the ballet \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFancy Free\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. As a composer and conductor, Bernstein experienced a meteoric rise to fame, thanks in no small part to his visionary colleagues. Together, they focused on urban contemporary life and popular culture, featuring as heroes the itinerant sailors who bore the brunt of military service. They were provocative both artistically and politically. In a time of race riots and Japanese internment camps, Bernstein and his collaborators featured African American performers and a Japanese American ballerina, staging a model of racial integration. Rather than accepting traditional distinctions between high and low art, Bernstein's music was wide-open, inspired by everything from opera and jazz to cartoons. \u003c\/span\u003eWritten by \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCarol J. Oja. \u003c\/span\u003eHardcover; \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e416 pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e#21116056\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Congress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51616576504114,"sku":"zas1787251522314","price":6.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0935\/0289\/8482\/files\/bernstein-meets-broadway_1.jpg?v=1787251528","url":"https:\/\/www.mapleborough.shop\/products\/bernstein-meets-broadway","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}