American Masters at San Jose Center for the Performing Arts Photos

Leonard Bernstein's fame in writing Broadway shows grew simultaneously with his career as a classical conductor and concert composer. Bernstein wrote the hit musical On the Town in 1944 at age 26. The Three Dance Episodes in the program are based on the songs, "New York, New York/The Great Lover", "Lonely Town", and "I Get Carried Away/Times Square 1944".