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  • Arthur Laurents
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  • Arthur Laurents (July 14, 1917 – May 5, 2011) was an American playwright, stage director and screenwriter. After writing scripts for radio shows after college and then training films for the U.S. Army during World War II, Laurents turned to writing for Broadway, producing a body of work that includes West Side Story (1957), Gypsy (1959), Hallelujah, Baby! (1967), and La Cage Aux Folles (1983), and directing some of his own shows and other Broadway productions.
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death place
  • New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Name
  • Arthur Laurents
Caption
  • Laurents in 1984
Date of Death
  • 2011-05-05
Birth Place
  • Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.
Partner
  • Tom Hatcher
Occupation
  • Playwright, Stage director and Screenwriter
Date of Birth
  • 1917-07-14
Birth name
  • Arthur Levine
Nationality
  • American
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  • Arthur Laurents (July 14, 1917 – May 5, 2011) was an American playwright, stage director and screenwriter. After writing scripts for radio shows after college and then training films for the U.S. Army during World War II, Laurents turned to writing for Broadway, producing a body of work that includes West Side Story (1957), Gypsy (1959), Hallelujah, Baby! (1967), and La Cage Aux Folles (1983), and directing some of his own shows and other Broadway productions. His early film scripts include Rope (1948) for Alfred Hitchcock, followed by Anastasia (1956), Bonjour Tristesse (1958), The Way We Were (1973), and The Turning Point (1977).