Arthur Laurents Biography

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is the author of the plays Home of the Brave, The Time of The Cuckoo, A Clearing in the Woods, Invitation to the March, The Enclave, Scream, and Jolson Sings Again; the musical plays West Side Story, Gypsy, Anyone Can Whistle, Do I Hear a Waltz?, Hallelujah, Baby! (1967 Tony Award for Best Musical), and Nick and Nora; and the screenplays The Snake Pit, Rope, Caught, Anastasia, Bonjour Tristesse, The Way We Were, and The Turning Point (Golden Globe Award, Screen Writers Guild Award, Writers Guild of America Award). He has directed for the theatre, including ICan Get It For You Wholesale, Invitation to a March, Anyone Can Whistle, The Enclave, The Madwoman of Central Park West, Birds of Paradise, two revivals of Gypsy, La Cage Aux Folles (1984 Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical, 1985 Sydney Drama Critics Award for Directing), and Nick and Nora. He has been honored by the National Institute of Arts and Letters, Writers Guild of America, Antoinette Perry (Tony) Awards, Golden Globe, Drama Desk, National Board of Review, and the Sydney Drama Critics. He is a member of the Theatre Hall of Fame, P.E.N., the Screenwriter’s Guild, the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is an emeritus member of the Council of the Dramatist Guild. His most recent plays include The Radical Mystique (1995) and My Good Name (1997).

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Recent Performances of works by Arthur Laurents
Production/Credit WhereOpening Night
West Side Story ...... (Book) Phoenix Productions 11/3/2007
Gypsy ...... (Book) Spring Lake Theatre Company 4/20/2007
2 Lives George Street Playhouse 10/18/2005
Hallelujah, Baby! ...... (Book) George Street Playhouse 10/5/2004
Gypsy ...... (Book) Off Broad Street Players 8/6/2004
Gypsy ...... (Book) Triple Threat Foundation for the Arts 7/16/2004
West Side Story ...... (Book) Phoenix Productions 10/31/2003
Attacks On The Heart George Street Playhouse 10/14/2003
Gypsy ...... (Book) HTC Productions 11/16/2001
Gypsy ...... (Book) Gyspy Entertainment 7/13/2001
West Side Story ...... (Book) Surflight Theatre 7/10/2001
Gypsy ...... (Book) Dover Little Theater 6/1/2001
Claudio Lazlo George Street Playhouse 4/21/2001
West Side Story ...... (Book) Cranford Repertory Theatre Group 3/24/2001
Gypsy ...... (Book) Allegro Productions 3/9/2001
Venecia ...... (Adapted) George Street Playhouse 2/10/2001
West Side Story ...... (Book) Millennium Productions 2/2/2001
West Side Story ...... (Book) Y-PAC 12/9/2000
West Side Story ...... (Book) Villagers Theatre 6/2/2000
West Side Story ...... (Book) Road Company 3/3/2000
Do I Hear a Waltz? ...... (Book) George Street Playhouse 10/9/1999
Gypsy ...... (Book) Mystic Vision Players 7/28/1999
West Side Story ...... (Book) Players Guild of Leonia 7/14/1999
Jolson Sings Again George Street Playhouse 2/27/1999
West Side Story ...... (Book) Phoenix Productions 11/15/1998
Gypsy ...... (Book) Bergen County Players 9/11/1998
Gypsy ...... (Book) Paper Mill Playhouse 9/9/1998
Gypsy ...... (Book) Main Street Theatre Company 8/7/1998
West Side Story ...... (Book) East Brunswick Community Players 6/5/1998
West Side Story ...... (Book) Main Street Theatre Company 6/4/1998
West Side Story ...... (Book) Middlesex County Plays in the Park 6/6/1995
West Side Story ...... (Book) North Brunswick Young Adult Drama Group 8/13/1987
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Recent Production Credits
Production/Credit WhereOpening Night
Hallelujah, Baby! ...... Directed George Street Playhouse 10/5/2004
Venecia ...... Directed George Street Playhouse 2/10/2001
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