VideoVideo: Watch New Trailer for Maestro Film, Starring Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein
The Netflix film arrives in November.
By
Andrew Gans, Margaret Hall
August 15, 2023
A trailer has been released for the new film Maestro, which casts stage and screen star Bradley Cooper as the late, Tony-winning composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein.
Chronicling the lifelong relationship between cultural icon Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein, the film will arrive on Netflix December 20 and in select theatres November 22. Get a first glimpse of the film in the trailer above.
Bernstein and Cohn wed in 1951, despite
Bernstein's homosexuality being somewhat of an open secret. Twenty-five
years later, Bernstein left the marriage to be with a male partner
before returning to his marriage a year later when Montealegre was
diagnosed with cancer. He was with her until she died in 1978. The
couple had three children together—Jamie, Alexander, and Nina—who have
worked closely with Cooper to develop the project.
In addition to being a celebrated concert conductor and composer, Bernstein wrote several musical theatre scores for Broadway, including On the Town, Peter Pan, Wonderful Town, Candide, and West Side Story.
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From On the Town to West Side Story: Celebrate the Work of Leonard Bernstein
From On the Town to West Side Story: Celebrate the Work of Leonard Bernstein
The Tony Award-winning composer was born August 25, 1918.
Next year, Carnegie Hall's house band will perform Bernstein’s “Kaddish” Symphony, unfinished works by Schubert, and the final concert of Conductor Bernard Labadie.
