Production Staff
Leonard Bernstein
Composer
Leonard Bernstein was born on August 25, 1918, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He took piano lessons as a boy and attended the Garrison and Boston Latin Schools. At Harvard University, he studied with Walter Piston, Edward Burlingame-Hill, and A. Tillman Merritt, among others. Before graduating in 1939, he made an unofficial conducting debut with his own incidental music to "The Birds," and directed and performed in Marc Blitzstein's "The Cradle Will Rock." Then at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, he studied piano with Isabella Vengerova, conducting with Fritz Reiner, and orchestration with Randall Thompson.
In 1940, he studied at the ... read more
Hershey Felder
Bookwriter
Erik Carstensen
Sound Designer
Francois-Pierre Couture
Scenic Designer
Lighting Designer
Costume Designer
Andrew Wilder (ii)
Projection Designer
Joel Zwick
Director
Videos
