WEST SIDE STORY
Birth of a Classic

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Set design for scene 'Somewhere'

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The West Side Story exhibition celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of this landmark musical.  Drawn from the Library’s extensive Leonard Bernstein Collection, the exhibition offers a rare view into the creative process and collaboration involved in the making of this extraordinary production.   

The presentation opened on September 26, 2007, and will remain on view through March 29, 2008, in the foyer of the Performing Arts Reading Room, LM 113 of the James Madison Building; 101 Independence Ave. S.E.; Washington, D.C.  Exhibition hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The exhibition will then travel to the Library of Congress/Ira Gershwin Gallery at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, where it will be on view from April 26 to September 27, 2008.