On this day in 1990, the Broadway production of Jerome Robbins Broadway opened at the Imperial Theatre.
Leonard Bernstein was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He took piano lessons as a boy and attended the Garrison and Boston Latin Schools. At Harvard University, he studied with Walter Piston, Edward Burlingame-Hill, and A. Tillman Merritt, among others. Before graduating in 1939, he made an unofficial conducting debut with his own incidental music to 'The Birds,' and directed and performed in Marc Blitzstein's 'The Cradle Will Rock.' Then at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, he studied piano with Isabella Vengerova, conducting with Fritz Reiner, and orchestration with Randall Thompson.
This week on SNL, James Franco channeled his inner Christopher Walken. The host was joined by the cast in a parody on NBC's PETER PAN LIVE!, featuring the pirates, Peter Pan, aka, 'a gorgeous, womanly boy,' Tink's replacement, 'Tonkerbell,' and of course Captain Hook. Check it out below!
Last night's SNL offered a new take on the musical adaptation of the J. M. Barrie classic, featuring host Jim Parsons as the boy who wouldn't grow up.
Cathy Rigby brings back the magic of a little bit of faith, trust and pixie dust in PETER PAN. BroadwayWorld brings you exclusive intereviews and behind the scenes with our own correspondent, Audra Stafford. Check it out below!
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