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Original Story By: A Memoir of Broadway and Hollywood
Here is the original story of a true original, the celebrated and internationally renowned director, playwright and screenwriter Arthur Laurents, whose creative genius continues to energize American stage and screen today. Say his name, and images of West Side Story, Gypsy, Anastasia, The Turning Point, and The Way We Were appear. Laurents' highly praised memoir is a dazzl...more
Paperback, 448 pages
Published
April 1st 2001
by Applause Books
(first published March 28th 2000)
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Captivating, frank, entertaining, and illuminating, this book follows the life and career of Arthur Laurents, one of the truly great figures of musical theatre. The book is a tremendous amount of fun; not only does the author provide a detailed accounting of his creative process, he also dishes on the myriad of famous names he's worked with, including Lauren Bacall, Leonard Bernstein, Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn, Alfred Hitchcock, Ethel Merman, Jerome Robbins, and Stephen Sondheim, to name a...more
Talk about a nasty conceited egomaniac!
Added 5/1/11.
While I'd love to hear the other side of some of Laurents' stories -- particularly regarding the tumultuous production process of The Way We Were -- he's a great storyteller, captivating, uncensored, and unapologetic. It's a compelling read.
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Arthur Laurents was an American playwright, librettist, stage director, and screenwriter. His credits included the stage musicals West Side Story and Gypsy and the film The Way We Were.
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