shygye Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Link Arthur Laurents, a Tony Award-winning playwright and director who wrote the books for the classic Broadway musicals "West Side Story" and "Gypsy" and later wrote the hit movies "The Way We Were" and "The Turning Point," died Thursday. He was believed to be 93. Laurents died in his sleep at his home in New York City after a short illness, said his agent, Jonathan Lomma. For his work on Broadway over more than six decades, Laurents won two Tony Awards — in 1968 as author of the book for best musical Tony winner "Hallelujah, Baby!" and in 1984 as best director of a musical for "La Cage aux Folles." But he is best known for writing the books for "West Side Story" and "Gypsy," both of which were Tony Award nominees for best musical and later were turned into movies .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 West Side Story.... gee that was a long time ago. Great musical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waerth Posted May 7, 2011 Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 One of the actors in that musical, both on stage and in the movie was David Winters. He produces and directed the movie "the Kingmaker" here in Thailand and still lives here. He is currently in the process of producing a musical movie. W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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