Arthur Laurents Writer

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).

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Alias (AKA)	Levine Arthur
Birth date	July 14, 1918
Birth name	Arthur Levine
Birth place	New York City , Brooklyn , New York
Nationality	United States nationality law
Date of death	May 05, 2011
Place of death	New York City
Education	Cornell University

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Career start	1945
Career end	2011
award	Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay Tony Award for Best Musical Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical