Topic: Arthur Laurents

West Side Story

They're all killers . . . I wanted to do a much tougher West Side Story," said book writer Arthur Laurents of the 2009 Broadway revival he...

McCartney engaged; Arthur Laurents dies

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Broadway playwright Laurents 'dies at 93'

US playwright, screenwriter and director Arthur Laurents, best known for inspiring the Broadway musicals "West Side Story" and "Gypsy" died here late Thursday aged 93, US media reported.Laurents's film credits included Alfred Hitchcock's "Rope," "The Turning Point" with Anne ...

"West Side Story" playwright dies in New York City

NEW YORK (Reuters) - "West Side Story" and "Gypsy" playwright Arthur Laurents died in New York City on Thursday from complications of pneumonia, his agent said on Friday. Laurents was 93.Laurents, also a director and screenwriter, won two Tony Awards -- a best ...
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West Side Story

But the chief glories remain Leonard Bernstein's score and Jerome Robbins's truculent-balletic choreography. Book writer and director Arthur Laurents pilots his infamous gang members, the Jets, out of lovable-ruffian territory in a revival of this 1957 classic. But the chief ...
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Laurent's 'Story'

0 . Arthur Laurents, author and director of the new production of "West Side Story," is a vigorous 92. He and the show's original lyricist, Stephen...