Arthur Laurents  

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Arthur Laurents (July 14, 1917 – May 5, 2011) was an American playwright, librettist, stage director, and screenwriter. His credits include the stage musicals West Side Story and Gypsy and the film The Way We Were.

Work

Libretti

• West Side Story – 1957 – Tony Nomination for Best Musical
• Gypsy – 1959 – Tony Nomination for Best Musical
• Anyone Can Whistle – 1964
• Do I Hear a Waltz? – 1965
• Hallelujah, Baby! – 1967 – Tony Award for Best Musical
• The Madwoman of Central Park West – 1979
• Nick & Nora – 1991

Direction

• Invitation to a March – 1960
• I Can Get It for You Wholesale – 1962
• Anyone Can Whistle – 1964
• Gypsy – 1974 – Tony Nomination for Best Direction of a Musical
• The Madwoman of Central Park West – 1979
• La Cage aux Folles – 1983 – Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
• Nick & Nora – 1991
• Gypsy – 2008 – Tony Award nomination as Best Director of a Musical
• West Side Story – 2009 Broadway Revival

Plays

• Home of the Brave – 1945
• The Bird Cage – 1950
• The Time of the Cuckoo – 1952
• A Clearing in the Woods – 1957
• Invitation to a March – 1960

Additional credits

• Anna Lucasta (screenwriter)
• A Clearing in the Woods (playwright)
• Invitation to a March (playwright, director)
• The Madwoman of Central Park West (playwright, director)
• My Good Name (playwright)
• Jolson Sings Again (playwright)
• The Enclave (playwright, director)
• Radical Mystique (playwright, director)
• Big Potato (playwright)
• Two Lives (playwright)
• My Good Name (playwright)
• Claudia Lazlo (playwright)
• Attacks on the Heart (playwright)
• 2 Lives (playwright)
• New Year's Eve (playwright)
• Come Back, Come Back, Wherever You Are (playwright, director)
• Rope (playwright)