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Laurents's work in radio and film during World War II was an excellent apprenticeship for a budding playwright and screenwriter. He also had the good fortune to be based in New York City. His first stage play, Home of the Brave , was produced in 1945.
- Music Division, Library of Congress
- Arthur Laurents Papers, circa 1900-2011
The playwright and screenwriter Arthur Laurents wrote the books for two true classics of musical theatre, West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959), and directed the hit musical La Cage aux...
- Tom Vallance
May 6, 2011 · As any lover of Broadway musicals knows, that is the first line spoken — or rather bellowed — by Momma Rose, the monster mother in “Gypsy,” as she races down the aisle of a dingy Seattle...
Arthur Laurents was an American playwright, screenwriter, and director well known for his work on major Golden Age Broadway musicals like West Side Story and Gypsy. Born to Jewish parents in Brooklyn, New York, as Arthur Levine, he began his writing career in radio, writing for several popular shows and ultimately writing training films and ...
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.
May 7, 2011 · Laurents, a native New Yorker and Cornell graduate, started off as a playwright and broke into Hollywood after some early minor success in the theater. The film business was glamorous, but...
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Arthur Laurents. Screenwriter. 14 July 1914 to 4 May 2011. 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).
