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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 Folles ...
May 6, 2011 · It was Robbins who first approached Bernstein and Mr. Laurents about doing a modern musical version of Romeo and Juliet. Mr. Laurents and Bernstein, inspired by accounts of race riots in Los ...
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 ...
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 Award, Writers Guild of America Award, National ...
May 6, 2011 · May 6, 2011 / 7:21 AM EDT / AP. NEW YORK — Arthur Laurents, the director, playwright and screenwriter who wrote such enduring stage musicals as "West Side Story" and "Gypsy," as well as the ...
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 ...
May 6, 2011 · AP Drama Writer Michael Kuchwara contributed to this report before his death in 2010. Arthur Laurents, the director, playwright and screenwriter who wrote such enduring stage musicals as "West ...
