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  1. 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 .

  2. May 6, 2011 · May 5, 2011. Arthur Laurents, the playwright, screenwriter and director who wrote and ultimately transformed two of Broadway’s landmark shows, “Gypsy” and “West Side Story,” and created ...

  3. West Side Story. 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 . Inspired by William Shakespeare 's play Romeo and Juliet, the story is set in the mid-1950s in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, then a multiracial, blue-collar ...

  4. May 6, 2011 · This web page is an obituary of Arthur Laurents, who wrote the books for West Side Story and Gypsy, and directed several Broadway musicals. It covers his career, his collaborations, his opinions, and his legacy in the American theatre.

  5. Jul 31, 2009 · T he last line of Arthur Laurents's memoir, Original Story By, refers to his partner Tom Hatcher, with whom the author lived for more than 50 years. "As long as he lives," he wrote in 2000, "I ...

  6. Arthur Laurents (July 14, 1917 – May 5, 2011) was an American playwright, stage director and screenwriter. [3] His best known works were West Side Story (1957), Gypsy (1959), and Hallelujah, Baby! (1967), and directing some of his own shows and other Broadway productions. His early movie scripts include Rope (1948) for Alfred Hitchcock ...

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  8. May 6, 2011 · 6 May 2011. Laurents, pictured with Lauren Bacall in 2003, was known for speaking his mind. Arthur Laurents, writer of such classic stage musicals as West Side Story and Gypsy, has died in New ...

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