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050 1 4 _aPN 2287
_bC435m 2021
082 0 0 _a791.4308/092
100 1 _aChakiris, George,
_d1932-
_935833
245 1 0 _aMy West Side Story :
_ba memoir /
_cGeorge Chakiris ; with Lindsay Harrison.
264 1 _aGuilford, Connecticut :
_bLyons Press,
_c2021.
300 _ax, 222 pages :
_billustrations (black and white) ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _aIncludes index.
504 _aIncludes filmography.
520 _a"George Chakiris famously played the angry gang leader Bernardo in the film version of West Side Story (1961), for which he won an Oscar for best supporting actor. My West Side Story is an insider's look at how this theatrical and cinematic landmark evolved from a conversation in Jerome Robbins's Manhattan apartment between him, Arthur Laurents, and Leonard Bernstein to ten Oscars, three Golden Globes, two Tony Awards, and a Grammy. While also a memoir of Chakiris's long and distinguished career, the emphasis is on West Side Story, which will be revived on Broadway. Here are profiles of the film's stars and directors, from the "wonderful" Natalie Wood and "lovely" Richard Beymer, to the mercurial Jerome Robbins and "passionate" Rita Moreno, with whom Chakiris remains friends. "I know exactly where my gratitude belongs," Chakiris writes, "and I still marvel at how, unbeknownst to me at the time, the joyful path of my life was paved one night in 1949 when Jerome Robbins sat Leonard Bernstein and Arthur Laurents down in his apartment and announced, 'I have an idea.'"--
_cProvided by publisher.
600 1 4 _aChakiris, George,
_d1932-
_935833
630 0 _aWest Side story (Motion picture : 1961)
_935835
650 0 _aMotion picture actors and actresses
_zUnited States
_zBiography.
650 4 _aActores y actrices de cine
_zEstados Unidos
_vBiografías
_9710
650 0 _aDancers
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 4 _aBailarines
_zEstados Unidos
_935834
700 1 _aHarrison, Lindsay
_935836
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aChakiris, George, 1934-
_tMy West Side Story
_dLanham, MD : Lyons Press, 2021.
_z9781493055487
_w(DLC) 2020038088
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