Hershey Felder as Leonard Bernstein in MAESTRO
Went and saw this play in Beverly Hills yesterday. Very informative and well done. An interesting history of the famous American conductor Leonard Bernstein.
Leonard Bernstein was a conductor, pianist, author, educator, librettist, television star and the composer of three symphonies, iconic film scores and the American musical classics West Side Story, Candide, On the Town and Wonderful Town, among others. He pushed boundaries to become the world’s first serious musical media superstar and changed the face of music. In his inimitable style, Hershey Felder brings Bernstein to life through first-person narratives combined with his compositions, as well as music by Beethoven, Mahler and more, drawing audiences deeply into the maestro’s fascinating life.
“Maestro is one of Felder’s best composer tales, thanks to the familiarity of the music and the complicated man at its center.” San Diego Union-Tribune
"The attraction of Felder’s works lie not only in his talents as a pianist and singer but most importantly a storyteller. He provides a moving and beautiful story that helps the audience to see connections between Bernstein and those who influenced him. Bernstein was a great storyteller through his composition and his conducting and so is Felder." San Diego Free Press
Went and saw this play in Beverly Hills yesterday. Very informative and well done. An interesting history of the famous American conductor Leonard Bernstein.
Leonard Bernstein was a conductor, pianist, author, educator, librettist, television star and the composer of three symphonies, iconic film scores and the American musical classics West Side Story, Candide, On the Town and Wonderful Town, among others. He pushed boundaries to become the world’s first serious musical media superstar and changed the face of music. In his inimitable style, Hershey Felder brings Bernstein to life through first-person narratives combined with his compositions, as well as music by Beethoven, Mahler and more, drawing audiences deeply into the maestro’s fascinating life.
“Maestro is one of Felder’s best composer tales, thanks to the familiarity of the music and the complicated man at its center.” San Diego Union-Tribune
"The attraction of Felder’s works lie not only in his talents as a pianist and singer but most importantly a storyteller. He provides a moving and beautiful story that helps the audience to see connections between Bernstein and those who influenced him. Bernstein was a great storyteller through his composition and his conducting and so is Felder." San Diego Free Press
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00:00Well, I have expected that this Felicia just wanted to play for me in the hopes of securing some kind of concerto engagement
00:08But at the party there was absolutely no playing. We just quickly became each other's very best friend
00:14We flew out to Hollywood together Felicia was looking for a film career
00:17And there that it was this producer was threatening to turn me into some kind of Hollywood movie star
00:23But neither of our film careers worked out so we quickly came back to New York
00:27Felicia to pursue Broadway and television and I to conduct for whoever would have me
00:33well
00:34When we arrived back in New York
00:38Felicia
00:39Started an affair with Dick Hart a drunk of a stage actor whom I happily called the drunken dick
00:50But that's when I realized
00:53That
00:55I needed her I
01:00Needed
01:01The organization I needed the logical outcome. I needed a
01:08Family I
01:11Needed to be a father I
01:14Needed to be in love I
01:17I told all this to Felicia and she came back to me
01:25We got engaged
01:29When I announced our engagement to my family the first thing that my mother said was Lenny
01:36Never trust a woman with an accent