Biography

An award-winning playwright, screenwriter, librettist, director, and producer, Arthur Laurents (1917-2011 ) was responsible for creating the books of many Broadway shows including Gypsy, Anyone Can Whistle, Do I Hear A Waltz?, Hallelujah, Baby!, and Nick & Nora. He wrote the screenplays for The Snake Pit, Anna Lucasta, Anastasia, Bonjour Tristesse, The Way We Were, and The Turning Point. He also wrote the plays Home of the Brave, The Time of the Cuckoo, and A Clearing of the Woods. He directed I Can Get It for You Wholesale, Anyone Can Whistle, Gypsy, La Cage aux Folles, Birds of Paradise, and Nick & Nora.