Playwright and screenwriter who wrote the book for West Side StoryThe playwright, screenwriter and director Arthur Laurents has died aged 93. If he was not as well known as some of his collaborators, Laurents was nevertheless intrinsic to the success of the stage musicals West Side Story (1957), Gypsy (1959) and La Cage aux Folles (1983), and the films Rope (1948) and The Way We Were (1973).Laurents wrote the book fo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:47PM on May 6, 2011