02473cam a2200385 i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700700030003400800410003701000170007802000180009504000280011304100080014104200080014905000240015708200170018110000310019824500790022926400490030830000630035733600260042033700280044633800270047450000200050150400260052152011110054760000310165863000440168965000670173365000610180065000390186165000330190070000230193377601310195621720908BJBSDDR20240513115136.0ta200916s2021    mdua     q    001 0 eng    a  2020038087  a9781493072330  aDLCbengerdacDLCdDLC  aeng  apcc14aPN 2287bC435m 202100a791.4308/0921 aChakiris, George, d1932- 10aMy West Side Story :ba memoir /cGeorge Chakiris ; with Lindsay Harrison. 1aGuilford, Connecticut :bLyons Press,c2021.  ax, 222 pages : billustrations (black and white) ; c24 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes index.  aIncludes filmography.  a"George Chakiris famously played the angry gang leader Bernardo in the film version of West Side Story (1961), for which he won an Oscar for best supporting actor. My West Side Story is an insider's look at how this theatrical and cinematic landmark evolved from a conversation in Jerome Robbins's Manhattan apartment between him, Arthur Laurents, and Leonard Bernstein to ten Oscars, three Golden Globes, two Tony Awards, and a Grammy. While also a memoir of Chakiris's long and distinguished career, the emphasis is on West Side Story, which will be revived on Broadway. Here are profiles of the film's stars and directors, from the "wonderful" Natalie Wood and "lovely" Richard Beymer, to the mercurial Jerome Robbins and "passionate" Rita Moreno, with whom Chakiris remains friends. "I know exactly where my gratitude belongs," Chakiris writes, "and I still marvel at how, unbeknownst to me at the time, the joyful path of my life was paved one night in 1949 when Jerome Robbins sat Leonard Bernstein and Arthur Laurents down in his apartment and announced, 'I have an idea.'"--cProvided by publisher.14aChakiris, George, d1932-  0aWest Side story (Motion picture : 1961) 0aMotion picture actors and actresseszUnited StateszBiography. 4aActores y actrices de cinezEstados UnidosvBiografías 0aDancerszUnited StatesvBiography. 4aBailarines zEstados Unidos 1 aHarrison, Lindsay 08iOnline version:aChakiris, George, 1934-tMy West Side StorydLanham, MD : Lyons Press, 2021.z9781493055487w(DLC) 2020038088