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Leonard Bernstein faces his longtime rival in a new off-Broadway play

JL;DR SUMMARY Last Call, a new off-Broadway play by Peter Danish, dramatizes the storied rivalry between legendary classical conductors Leonard Bernstein and Herbert von Karajan. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityLeonard BernsteinClassical MusicTheaterNazismEmpathyPeter DanishHerbert Von KarajanArtistic Rivalry

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New York, United States
"The rivalry between these two men is the subject of Last Call, a new off-Broadway play by American writer Peter Danish, running through May 4 at New World Stages."
Vienna, Austria
"The play is based on a real-life run-in between Karajan and Bernstein that took place in the Blue Bar of the Hotel Sacher in Vienna."
Germany
"Bernstein, in his way of being open-minded to everybody, is asking Karajan the questions."

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