The Lyric Opera brings Leonard Bernstein back to Kansas City this month via a production of his most famous work, West Side Story.

His eldest daughter, Jamie Bernstein, and the production’s conductor, David Charles Abell, who studied under and assisted the revered composer, set the stage with a discussion revolving around the younger Bernstein’s illuminating new book Famous Father Girl.
Their conversation explores Leonard Bernstein—the man and his musical genius—and the enduring cultural impact of West Side Story.