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Article: The long way time: a new Jerome Robbins biography explores why happiness eluded him.("Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins")(Book review)
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- March 1, 2007
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Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins by Amanda Vaill. New York: Broadway Books, 2006. 675 pages. Illustrated. $40
Children of the baby boom knew the choreography of Jerome Robbins before they knew his name. All one had to do in those days was see the latest movie musical and there was a good chance you'd see his work. In the movie The King and I, for instance, there was "The Small House of Uncle Thomas," a folk ballet as precise as classical Thai sculpture, wood-cut and gold-leafed. Its refrain--"Run Eliza ran, run from Simon"--was tattooed on the eye and ear, unforgettably, by Robbins. In West Side Story, decades before rap and hip hop, Robbins created the Jets ...