A Place for Us: "West Side Story" and New York

by Julia L. Foulkes

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From its Broadway debut to the Oscar-winning film to countless amateur productions, West Side Story is nothing less than an American touchstone--an updating of Shakespeare vividly realized in a rapidly changing postwar New York.

That vision of postwar New York is at the heart of Julia L. Foulkes's A Place for Us. A lifelong fan of the show, Foulkes became interested in its history when she made an unexpected discovery: scenes...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:022630180X

ISBN13:9780226301808

Release Date:October 2016

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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Arts, Music & Photography Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Music Performing Arts

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