West Side Story

WBGO Journal

Film Critic Harlan Jacobson's Best of 2021

Harlan Jacobson

WBGO Film Critic Harlan Jacobson outlines his favorite films of 2021

WBGO Journal

Film Critic Harlan Jacobson loves "West Side Story"

Harlan Jacobson

WBGO Film Critic Harlan Jacobson reviews "West Side Story"

WBGO Journal

WBGO Journal 12 11 2021

Doug Doyle

This edition of the WBGO features an update on mask mandates in both NJ and New York, a tribute to the late Barry Harris and Harlan Jacobson's review of Westside Story

WBGO Journal

WBGO Journal 12 11 2021

Doug Doyle

The WBGO Journal airs Saturday mornings at 6:30.

Leonard Bernstein at rehearsal for West Side Story. Carol Lawrence (who played Maria) is at his left, and lyricist Stephen Sondheim is playing the piano, 1957.

Jazz Night In America

West Side Story: How two jazz artists continue to reinvent the Bernstein classic

Alex Ariff

Leonard Bernstein composed West Side Story more than 60 years ago — today, we examine that vibrant work through the lens of two jazz artists, drummer Bobby Sanabria and saxophonist Ted Nash.