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Arthur Laurents (July 14, 1917 – May 5, 2011) was an American playwright, theatre director, film producer and screenwriter. With a career spanning seven decades he received numerous accolades including two Tony Awards , a Drama Desk Award , and nominations for two Academy Awards , two BAFTA Awards , and a Golden Globe Award .
- Music Division, Library of Congress
- Arthur Laurents Papers, circa 1900-2011
Jul 31, 2009 · T he last line of Arthur Laurents's memoir, Original Story By, refers to his partner Tom Hatcher, with whom the author lived for more than 50 years. "As long as he lives," he wrote in 2000, "I ...
May 5, 2011 · “Emotions precede thought, emotions determine thought; plays are emotions.” This was the guiding principle of American playwright, screenwriter, and stage director Arthur Laurents (b. Brooklyn, NY, 14 July 1917; d. New York, NY, 5 May 2011), whose remarkable career spanned seven decades. His numerous Broadway credits include the books for the musicals West Side Story […]
2001 Pasadena, California. 2016 Encores! Do I Hear a Waltz? is a musical with a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Richard Rodgers, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. It was adapted from Laurents' 1952 play The Time of the Cuckoo, which was the basis for the 1955 film Summertime starring Katharine Hepburn .
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A successful librettist, playwright and director on Broadway, Laurents saw his greatest stage successes hit the screen with West Side Story (1961) and Gypsy (1962). He also wrote screenplays including Rope (1948) for Alfred Hitchcock, Anastasia (1956), Bonjour Tristesse (1958), The Way We Were (1973) and The Turning Point (1977). - Read Arthur Laurents's Guardian obituary.
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Arthur Laurents (July 14, 1917 – May 5, 2011) was an American playwright, stage director and screenwriter. [3] His best known works were West Side Story (1957), Gypsy (1959), and Hallelujah, Baby! (1967), and directing some of his own shows and other Broadway productions. His early movie scripts include Rope (1948) for Alfred Hitchcock ...
