01559cam a2200253 a 4500 100518s2011 mdua bk 001 0 eng 9780810876668 0810876663 SDU ML410 W447 W 2011 Wells, Elizabeth Anne, West Side story : cultural perspectives on an American musical / Elizabeth A. Wells. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2011. 312 p. : ill. "There's a place for us" : reflections on an American musical -- From Gangway! to Broadway : genesis of the musical -- "Music about music" : Bernstein and West Side story -- "Mambo!" : West Side story and the Hispanic -- "I and Velma ain't dumb" : the women of West Side story -- "A boy like that" : the gangs of West Side story -- From the West Side to the East Side : reception and revision -- "Finale" -- Appendix A: Lyrics to select songs -- Appendix B: Chronology -- Appendix C: Cast and crew of various productions, including award nominations and wins -- Appendix D: Discography fo complete show recordings. HKBU library YT2025 M09 Wells presents a scholarly study of the American musical West Side Story, viewing the work from cultural, historical, and musical perspectives. --from publisher description Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Musicals United States History and criticism. 196222 Popular culture New York (State) New York. = C.1 SDU GBE lcc 108497 108497 0 0 lcc 0 ML0410 W447 W2011 0 CGB 283154 SDU SDU GEN3 2025-09-25 2 0 ML410 W447 W 2011 1000361482 2025-09-25 00:00:00 C.1 2025-09-25 GBE