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Showing posts with label Jerome Robbins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jerome Robbins. Show all posts
Thursday, October 11, 2018

Quote of the Day (Rita Moreno, on Jerome Robbins, ‘Tough and Demanding Daddy’ of ‘West Side Story’)

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“A lot of the dancers hated him [director-choreographer Jerome Robbins]— but loved him. He would think nothing of making us do one ste...
Saturday, May 5, 2018

This Day in Broadway History (Robbins Ducks Blacklist by ‘Naming Names’ to HUAC)

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May 5, 1953—After three years of dodging inquiries into his past membership in the Communist Party, the threat of exposure of his homo...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

This Day in Theater History (Bernstein & Co. Change Direction on “West Side Story”)

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August 25, 1955—At a poolside meeting in Beverly Hills on his 37th birthday, Leonard Bernstein (in the image accompanying this post) and c...
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