Breaking point: Approaching 50 years, Leonard Bernstein’s Mass remains relevant


Michael Slon conducts more than 150 singers, musicians, and dancers in Mass at the Paramount on Saturday and Sunday, October 13 and 14. The musical theater piece by Leonard Bernstein has been revived to honor the 100th anniversary of the iconic composer and conductor’s birth. Photo by Amy Jackson Smith

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