![]() ![]() Bernstein wrote incidental music for it, and the following year The Lark opened on Broadway, where it ran for 229 performances. (This was also the period when West Side Story was gestating.) In 1954 Hellman switched her attention – also diverted by a subpoena from the House Un- American Activities Committee – to The Lark, her adaptation of a play by Jean Anouilh. Trouble in Tahiti premiered in 1951 and Wonderful Town opened in 1953. Lillian Hellman may have suggested collaborating on Candide to Bernstein as early as 1950, a time when the composer was much involved in music theater projects. The troubles and adventures of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide are nearly as varied and pitiable as those of Voltaire’s optimistic hero. ![]()
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