page_title: Arthur Laurents
hierarchical_section_title: Arthur Laurents
caption_attribution_description: English: Arther Laurents (photo 3/24/2009, New York)Русский: Артур Лорентс (24 марта 2009 г., Нью-Йорк) 日本語: アーサー・ローレンツ（2009年3月２４日ニューヨークで撮影）
context_page_description: Arthur Laurents 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, Gypsy, and Hallelujah, Baby!, and directing some of his own shows and other Broadway productions.
  His early film scripts include Rope for Alfred Hitchcock, followed by Anastasia, Bonjour Tristesse, The Way We Were, and The Turning Point.
context_section_description: 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), and Hallelujah, Baby! (1967), 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).
caption: Laurents in 2009
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