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3 days ago · In 1949, Jerome Robbins approached Leonard Bernstein and Arthur Laurents about collaborating on a contemporary musical adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. He proposed that the plot focus on the conflict between an Irish Catholic family and a Jewish family living on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, during the Easter–Passover season.
I also knew Arthur Laurents then because I’d done a couple of his things, one of which was under very great duress, which was not my fault. It was the musical Nick and Nora with Charles Strouse and Richard Maltby, but Arthur was at loggerheads with Charles and Richard, and didn’t want to do the show.
2 days ago · This upcoming revival will be directed by the legendary five-time Tony Award-winning Director George C. Wolfe.. GYPSY features a book by Tony Award Winner Arthur Laurents, music by Tony and ...
1 day ago · Perhaps the greatest Broadway musical in history, the combined talents of Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents and Jerome Robbins are in full, glorious flower in this modern-day take on Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” Love conquers hate in this stirring classic — or does it? Tickets at www.kcstarlight.com.
5 days ago · It opened in 1983 after a lengthy gestation period involving playwright and director Arthur Laurents. The season’s other hits included the “Tom Sawyer” musical “Big River;”; “My One and Only”; “The Tap Dance kid”; and revivals of “Porgy and Bess,” “Show Boat,” and “On Your Toes.”
3 days ago · “West Side Story” is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins, with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Arthur Laurents.
1 day ago · Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup helped invent rock ‘n’ roll. His 1946 song “That’s All Right" would become the first single Elvis Presley ever released. Rod Stewart would sing it on a chart ...
