Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the musical that set Broadway on its ear, selected songs from "West Side Story" will be included in the concert "Bernstein's Broadway," to be performed Saturday by the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. Resident Conductor Scott Terrell, who will lead the tribute that opens the McCrady's Pops season, explains, "For the audience to understand how shocking 'West Side Story' was when it opened in 1957, I have included songs from 'The Music Man' and 'My Fair Lady,' which were extremely popular at the time, and also some earlier work by (Leonard) Bernstein such as 'The Times Square Ballet' from 'On the Town,' so we can see how he developed through the years as a composer. "Also, when you hear the music from 'The Music Man' that beat out 'West Side Story' for a Tony Award for Best Musical, you see how far Bernstein's composition strayed from the upbeat Americana popular at the time," Terrell adds.
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