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He directed the musical La Cage aux Folles in 1983 and received the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical. Laurents also worked as a screenwriter on Hollywood films such as Alfred Hitchcock 's thriller Rope (1948), Anastasia (1956), Bonjour Tristesse (1958) and Sydney Pollack 's romance The Way We Were (1973).
- Music Division, Library of Congress
- Arthur Laurents Papers, circa 1900-2011
May 6, 2011 · The show received seven Tony Award nominations, including one for Mr. Laurents, who was on the verge of his 91st birthday. The winners included Ms. LuPone, as best leading actress in a musical.
May 6, 2011 · He won Tony Awards as author of the book for best musical Hallelujah, Baby! in 1968 and best director (musical) for La Cage aux Folles in 1984.. He earned best picture and original screenplay...
- THR Staff
In 1959 Gypsy had amazingly failed to win one Tony Award, but Hallelujah, Baby, a turgid musical with a mediocre score by Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, won Laurents a Tony,...
- Tom Vallance
May 8, 2012 · He was best known for his work as librettist on Gypsy and West Side Story, but was also well known as a playwright, having won a Tony Award® for Hallelujah, Baby! in 1968.
May 7, 2011 · Arthur Laurents, who helped make Maria and Tony, the Sharks and the Jets, Baby and Mama Rose household names has died after a long signature career. He was 93.
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May 6, 2011 · The show ran for four years, won Mr. Laurents his second Tony, and won a Tony Award for Best Musical. But his directing career came to a virtual halt in 1991 when he staged the monumental...
