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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.
- Arthur Levine, July 14, 1917, New York City, U.S.
- English
- May 5, 2011 (aged 93), New York City, U.S.
- Quogue, New York
Anyone Can Whistle is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Described as "a satire on conformity and the insanity of the so-called sane," the show tells a story of an economically depressed town whose corrupt mayor decides to create a fake miracle in order to attract tourists. The phony miracle ...
- Arthur Laurents
- Arthur Laurents
- 1964
- Stephen Sondheim
Dec 1, 2020 · The ill-fated early musical by Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents is extravagantly celebrated, with Julia McKenzie and Maria Friedman in the spotlight And now, after 23 years in the works, comes a studio cast album of the 1964 musical Anyone Can Whistle, heralded as the “first complete recording celebrating Stephen Sondheim’s 90th ...
Gypsy: A Musical Fable is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. It is loosely based on the 1957 memoirs of striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee, and focuses on her mother, Rose, whose name has become synonymous with "the ultimate show business mother ."
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Jul 31, 2009 · Laurents's latest memoir, Mainly On Directing, is a detailed look at the difference between a hit show and a flop. Laurents wrote the books for Gypsy and West Side Story, as well as La Cage Aux ...
May 5, 2011 · His numerous Broadway credits include the books for the musicals West Side Story (1957), Gypsy (1959), Anyone Can Whistle (1964), Do I Hear a Waltz? (1965) – all four of these collaborations with Stephen Sondheim –, and Hallelujah, Baby! (1967), which won a Tony Award® for Best Musical.
May 6, 2011 · In a dozen words: two lives, infinite loss, and a devastating coda to an immortal work of musical theater. Share full article. Arthur Laurents stands alone as a writer who owes his lasting fame...
