Leonard Bernstein

The star has been transformed to portray the legendary composer in a new movie, but the lengths gone to make him appear more Jewish have some critics riled up.

From the men who lunch to the Boomer news junkie, Liesl Schillinger picks the year’s best books for the masculine element.

In 1951, wunderkind conductor Leonard Bernstein married the beautiful actress Felicia Montealegre. But was it a marriage of convenience? In this revealing letter, perhaps from around the same period, Felicia confesses her knowledge of Bernstein’s sexuality—and proclaimed her undying love anyway. From the new collection The Leonard Bernstein Letters.

When the great maestro and composer Leonard Bernstein—who seemed to know everyone—raved about Ernest Hemingway’s ‘tenderness’ in a letter to Martha Gellhorn, Papa’s ex-wife poured out her feelings about the troubled writer: ‘Tenderness is a new quality in him.’ From the rich new collection The Leonard Bernstein Letters.”

As Glee returns to TV, view our gallery of celebs who sang in glee clubs and choirs, from Anne Hathaway and Ashton Kutcher to Snoop and Justice Scalia.

Tonight, the N.Y. Philharmonic's baton is passed to Alan Gilbert, who wants to mash up the orchestra with metal and jazz. Plus, the youngest rock stars of the conducting world. By Rachel Syme.