In Reply to: West Side Story posted by andy evans on June 27, 2014 at 13:34:38:
It had a profound influence on American musical theater that continues to this day. One of many ironies is, WSS lost the 1957 Tony award to The Music Man, a classic traditional musical of the type that had ruled the stage since the 1930s.
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- West Side Story sure did move the goal posts - rbolaw 17:17:13 06/27/14 (12)
- THE BEATLES covered a song from "The Music Man"... - John Marks 06:16:06 06/28/14 (10)
- "So, was it a great song, or were they just cute little fame whores?" - jec01 09:27:45 06/28/14 (4)
- British dance hall certainly appears to have influenced "Sgt. Peppers," doesn't it? nt - tinear 19:40:04 06/28/14 (2)
- Of course - jec01 04:48:46 06/29/14 (0)
- I think music hall rather than dance hall nt - PAR 20:57:44 06/28/14 (0)
- Good post! - John Marks 10:04:00 06/28/14 (0)
- It was a great song, and the Beatles covered it beautifully. - rbolaw 08:27:41 06/28/14 (4)
- Thanks. I knew most of that... - John Marks 10:03:03 06/28/14 (3)
- Copland referenced UPS? :-) - tinear 19:46:45 06/28/14 (0)
- No doubt. You know a great deal in general - rbolaw 11:34:55 06/28/14 (1)
- No no no, I didn't feel I was being lectured to but rather somewhat agreed with - John Marks 13:01:17 06/28/14 (0)
- Travesty. - mwhitmore 19:21:43 06/27/14 (0)