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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.
May 6, 2011 · It was Mr. Laurents’s notion to begin the show with an almost wordless sequence for the rival gangs — hardly what you’d expect from an established playwright with a solid ego.
Biography for Arthur Laurents the Playwright, Librettist including canon of works, monologues, songs, scenes and quizzes.
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...
Arthur Laurents is the author of musical plays such as West Side Story, Gypsy, Anyone Can Whistle, Do I Hear A Waltz?, Hallelujah Baby! (1967 Tony Award for Best Musical) and Nick & Nora; and the screenplays The Snake Pit, Rope, Caught, Anastasia, Bonjour Tristesse, The Way We Were, and The Turning Point (Golden Globe Award, Screenwriters Guild ...
May 7, 2011 · Eventually, Laurents would strike it big with “The Way We Were” and receive an Oscar nomination for his screenplay for “The Turning Point,” but he was too much a playwright to ever feel ...
May 10, 2011 · HAROLD PRINCE, Director Everyone knows that Arthur Laurents was a playwright, screenwriter and wrote two of the best librettos in the history of American musicals. But do they know he was...
