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CD Reviews / West Side Story

Jun. 7, 2009
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) Broadway Leonard Bernstein's score is as exciting as ever, with a full orchestra under music director Patrick Vaccariello - in director and book writer Arthur Laurents' widely hailed Broadway revival of his and Bernstein's 1957...
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch