Pulling Back the Curtain on Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein: "Communicate the Unknowable" - This versatile composer, conductor, teacher and activist was one of the greatest personalities of the 20th Century. His triumphs ranged from the NY Philharmonic to Broadway's WEST SIDE STORY to the score for Hollywood's ON THE WATERFRONT. Entertainment historian John Kenrick pulls back the curtain on the brilliant career and unconventional private life of an American musical legend.

Entertainment historian John Kenrick has worked in the theatre at every level from amateur to Broadway, eventually serving as personal assistant to six Tony Award winning producers, including the team behind the original production of Rent. He has taught musical theatre history courses at New York University’s Steinhardt School, Temple Emmanuel’s Streicker Center, The New School University, and Philadelphia’s University of the Arts. John’s books include Musical Theatre: A History. He is one of the founding curators for the Museum of Broadway, as well as creator of the educational website Musicals101.com. One of John’s students put it this way: “He didn’t just make me laugh – he made me care.”