Arthur laurents is the author of musical plays such as west side story, gypsy, anyone can whistle, do i hear a waltz. Is west side story a book west side story is a musical with a book by arthur laurents, music by leonard bernstein and lyrics by stephen sondheim. Books by arthur laurents author of west side story edition. Two rival teenage gangs, the jets white americans and the sharks puerto rican americans, struggle for. Playwright and screenwriter who wrote the books for.
This play is about to rivial gangs fighting over a street. In 1947, jerome robbins approached leonard bernstein and arthur laurents about collaborating on a. Both west side story and gypsy were nominated for a tony award for best musical. When they first conceived the show in 1949, robbins, bernstein and laurents set their story on the east side of manhattan, and gave it the working title east side story. West side story is a musical with a book by arthur laurents, music by leonard bernstein and lyrics by stephen sondheim. It was inspired by william shakespeares play romeo and juliet. His credits included the stage musicals west side story and gypsy and the film the way we were. From arthur laurents, playwright, screenwriter, directora mesmerizing book about theater, the art, the artist, the insider, the outsiderand the making of two of the greatest musicals of the american stage, west side story and gypsy. The leader of the jets whites riff doesnt the leader of the sharks purto ricans benardo.
Arthur laurents has 27 books on goodreads with 7019 ratings. Arthur laurents story, leonard bernsteins music and stephen sondheims libretto are unparalleled for their blend of musical sophistication and beauty, teenage urgency and social commentary. Arthur laurents has 27 books on goodreads with 7022 ratings. They planned to stage the conflict between rival catholic and jewish groups. Arthur laurents s most popular book is romeo and juliet and west side story.
Conceived in 1949, west side story has a serious message that pleads for. West side story arthur laurents, stephen sondheim isbn. Gypsy, west side story and other musicals, published in 2009, in which he discussed musicals he directed and the work of other directors he admired. His last memoir titled the rest of the story was published posthumously in september 2012. Arthur laurents was an american playwright, librettist, stage director, and screenwriter. West side story is a play that was on broadway and also made into a book and a movie.
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