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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.
Dec 1, 2021 · With the Steven Spielberg film coming soon, three critics, a playwright and a theater historian weigh in on whether the musical deserves a new hearing — and how.
It is widely known that West Side Story (WSS) is based directly on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (R&J). Far less well known is the fact that Shakespeare based his play (1594) on other material, particularly a narrative poem by Arthur Brooke entitled The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet (1562).
Apr 16, 2021 · When Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim got their hands on Romeo and Juliet, they improved on Shakespeare so much that I have never been able to view the play without...
- John Nathan
Laurents’s book is lean and muscular, moving the story at high speed while working several clever improvements on the Romeo and Juliet plot.
May 5, 2011 · Arthur Laurents. “Emotions precede thought, emotions determine thought; plays are emotions.”. This was the guiding principle of American playwright, screenwriter, and stage director Arthur Laurents ( b. Brooklyn, NY, 14 July 1917; d. New York, NY, 5 May 2011 ), whose remarkable career spanned seven decades.
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Laurents helped to shape the planned “East Side Story”, a modern Romeo and Juliet adaptation into the vital and gritty story of two rival street gangs jockeying for turf rights, while Tony and Maria fall blissfully in love.
