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August 13, 2008
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West Side Story

WEST SIDE STORY continues through Sun., Aug. 17. Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Downtown. 412-456-6666

IN A QUASI-LEGENDARY interview he gave to Frank Rich in 2000 on the occasion of his 70th birthday, Stephen Sondheim lamented the evolution of the American Musical from the silly, fluffy shows of the '40s and earlier into Important Musical Theater - a process which he himself helped facilitate.

He remembered that at the second night of West Side Story, he stood in the back beaming with pride (he wrote the lyrics) until a man stood up and brushed passed him on the way out the door. Sondheim said he immediately knew why: The guy, who wanted nothing more than a simple ...

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