Bernstein, Shakespeare, and West Side Story
b'Next year, 2018, is the 100th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein\\u2019s birth. To honor him, we\\u2019re taking a look at the creation of "West Side Story," Bernstein\\u2019s most significant contribution to the world of Shakespeare. To help us out, we\\u2019ve invited in two guests with extensive knowledge. Mark Horowitz is archivist for the Leonard Bernstein Collection at the Library of Congress\\u2014nearly 400,000 items, including music manuscripts, letters, photographs, audio and video recordings, fan mail, and even some of the maestro\\u2019s old batons. Nigel Simeone has produced two books on Bernstein, "Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story" (2009) and "The Leonard Bernstein Letters" (2013). Nigel and Mark are interviewed by Neva Grant. \\n\\nFrom the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast series. Published August 23, 2017. \\xa9 Folger Shakespeare Library. All rights reserved. This podcast episode, "Juliet Appears Above, At A Window" was produced by Richard Paul. Garland Scott is the associate producer. It was edited by Gail Kern Paster and Esther Ferington. Esther French is the web producer. We had help from Eric Engler, the Summer News Operations Intern at NPR in Washington, from Sheryl Cannady at the Library of Congress, and from Jono O\'Neill at Yellow Bean Studios in Leicester, England.'