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    In 1957 before the opening of one of the most successful Broadway musicals ever, who said, "I don't know how many people begged me not to waste my time on something that could not possibly suceed, a show full of hatefulness and ugliness"?

    Question #1445. Asked by abba. (Apr 18 00 7:28 PM)


    finlady

    		Leonard Bernstein 'West Side Story'

    Apr 18 00, 11:47 PM
    zbeckabee

    		Late Spring 1957 -- Having nursed the production for more than a year and seen it postponed in March, allegedly because of casting difficulties, Cheryl Crawford called its creators into her office on the morning of April 22 and told them she was quitting. Bernstein felt suicidal. “I don’t know how many people begged me not to waste my time on something that could not possibly succeed . . . a show full of hatefulness and ugliness.”
    http://www.westsidestory.com/site/level2/archives/bibliography/bibliography.html

    Jan 26 08, 10:30 AM

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