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West Side Story, A Teen Tale For Generations

4m · Popular Music – Arts and Music · 09 Apr 16:45

I’m George Walker for WFIU Arts. West Side Story opened this weekend at the IU Opera Theater. When the show debuted on Broadway in 1957 I was just about the age of Baby John, the youngest member of the Jets. My friends and I spent a lot of time listening to the gang’s “Officer Krupke” […]

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