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Arthur Laurents (July 14, 1917 – May 5, 2011) was an American playwright, theatre director, film producer and screenwriter. [2] 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
May 6, 2011 · An obituary on Friday about the playwright, screenwriter and director Arthur Laurents misstated the year he won the first of his three Tony Awards, for “Hallelujah, Baby!” It was 1968, not 1967.
May 6, 2011 · May 6, 2011 12 AM PT. Arthur Laurents, a Tony Award-winning playwright and director who wrote the books for the classic Broadway musicals “West Side Story” and “Gypsy” and later wrote the hit...
May 6, 2011 · Arthur Laurents, writer of such classic stage musicals as West Side Story and Gypsy, has died in New York aged 93. The director and screenwriter died at his Manhattan home from complications of...
May 6, 2011 · Playwright-director Arthur Laurents, who wrote the books for the beloved musicals ‘West Side Story’ and ‘Gypsy,’ has died. He was believed to be 93. Jonathan Lomma, Laurents’ agent at ...
May 6, 2011 · Laurents, best known for writing the books for the landmark Broadway musicals Gypsy and West Side Story, died Thursday. Fresh Air remembers the writer and director with excerpts from a 1990...
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May 7, 2011 · Arthur Laurents, who died Thursday as an exceptionally young nonagenarian, was one musical theater writer who was impossible to overlook.
