Somewhere – The Songs of Sondheim and Bernstein of "West Side Story". "A Boy Like That"/"I Have a Love" is a duet with Caroline O'Connor, who played Anita. Somewhere – The Songs of Sondheim and Bernstein Somewhere – The Songs of Sondheim and Bernstein is the third studio album by Australian singer Marina Prior featuring Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. The album is a tribute to the work of Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein. In 1994, Prior starred as Maria in an Australian production of the musical "West Side Story" and won an Australian Variety Artists Mo Awards (MO) Award for 'Best Female Music Theatre Performer' for this role. The
Stephen Sondheim approached by Laurents and Robbins for a musical version of Gypsy Rose Lee's memoir after Irving Berlin and Cole Porter turned it down. Sondheim agreed, but Ethel Merman – cast as Mama Rose – had just finished "Happy Hunting" with an unknown composer (Harold Karr) and lyricist (Matt Dubey). Although Sondheim wanted to write the music and lyrics, Merman refused to let another first-time composer write for her and demanded that Jule Styne write the music. Sondheim, concerned that writing lyrics again would pigeonhole him as a lyricist, called his mentor for advice. Hammerstein told him he should take the