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West Side story
by Leonard Bernstein
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146 editions published between 1957 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 2,680 libraries worldwide The feud between two New York teenage gangs abruptly ends the brief happiness shared by Maria, a Puerto Rican girl, and Tony, a member of the Jets. In his attempt to defend a fellow Jet, Tony kills Maria's brother and shortly thereafter is killed by Maria's rejected fiance.
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10 editions published between 1998 and 2007 in English and held by 1,843 libraries worldwide This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the rivalry of two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, in New York of the 1950s. A young woman who is sister to the Sharks leader has her first taste of love with the former head of the Jets.
Gypsy
by Jule Styne
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57 editions published between 1959 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 1,774 libraries worldwide [Shady Grove Music Fair], Lee Guber, Frank Ford and Shelly Gross present Vivian Blaine in "Gypsy," with Alfred Sandor, Kit Smythe, Jacqueline Mayro, Jeff Bolton, Ann Russell, Ellen Travolta, Nora Bristow, Jan Tanzy, Leon Benedict, Robert Bernard, Joel Abel, Wendy Wynters, book by Arthur Laurents, music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Suggested by the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee. Original N.Y. production by David Merrick and Leland Hayward, entire original production direction and choreography by Jerome Robbins, directed by Ella Gerber, choreographed by Peter Conlow, musical director Jerry Goldberg, production designed by Warwick Brown, costumes designed by Peter Joseph, lighting by Lester Tapper.
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110 editions published between 1960 and 2010 in 8 languages and held by 1,409 libraries worldwide This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the rivalry of two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, in New York of the 1950s. A young woman who is sister to the Sharks leader has her first taste of love with the former head of the Jets.
Original story by : a memoir of Broadway and Hollywood
by Arthur Laurents
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14 editions published between 2000 and 2001 in English and held by 937 libraries worldwide "Director, playwright and screenwriter Arthur Laurents--author of Gypsy, West Side Story, Anastasia, The turning point and other plays and films--takes us into his life, and into the dazzling world in which he worked, among the artists, directors, actors and personalities who came of age in the theatre and in Hollywood after the Second World War."--Jacket.
The time of the cuckoo : a comedy
by Arthur Laurents
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19 editions published between 1951 and 1983 in English and held by 821 libraries worldwide The Empire Theatre, Robert Whitehead and Walter Fried present Shirley Booth in "The Time of the Cuckoo," by Arthur Laurents, with Dino DiLuca, Geraldine Brooks, Lydia St. Clair, Donald Murphy, directed by Harold Clurman, setting and lighting by Ben Edwards, costumes by Helene Pons.
Anyone can whistle
by Stephen Sondheim
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35 editions published between 1964 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 813 libraries worldwide Typescript, dated Apr. 6, 2010.
Gypsy
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32 editions published between 1959 and 2010 in English and German and held by 729 libraries worldwide The story of burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee, her rise to stardom from vaudeville and her volatile relationship with her ambitious mother.
A clearing in the woods; a play
by Arthur Laurents
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7 editions published between 1952 and 1957 in English and held by 576 libraries worldwide
The turning point
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10 editions published between 1977 and 2006 in English and German and held by 570 libraries worldwide Two friends who started in ballet are reunited after many years; one is now a star ballerina, the other a Midwestern housewife/dance teacher whose daughter is embarking on her own ballet career.
The way we were
by Arthur Laurents
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9 editions published between 1972 and 1988 in English and held by 548 libraries worldwide
Mainly on directing : Gypsy, West Side Story, and other musicals
by Arthur Laurents
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6 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 477 libraries worldwide Playwright, screenwriter, and director Arthur Laurents writes about directing Broadway musicals, especially Gypsy and West Side Story, about other musicals and other directors, interacting with producers, writers, and actors, and about life with his late partner, Tom Hatcher.
Anastasia
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17 editions published between 1995 and 2006 in 6 languages and held by 469 libraries worldwide An expatriate White Russian general sets in motion a grand hoax after he meets a destitute woman on the banks of the Seine River in Paris. He is amazed at her resemblance to Anastasia, the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas of Russia, rumored to have somehow survived the Bolsheviks' execution of the Romanoff family in 1918. He trains her to impersonate the missing princess but soon begins to feel she may be the real Anastasia. Ultimately, the truth can only be decided by one person--Anastasia's grandmother, the Dowager Empress.
Rope
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3 editions published between 1989 and 2008 in English and held by 450 libraries worldwide Two friends strangle a college classmate and then proceed to invite his family and friends to dinner after they stuff the body inside a trunk to be used for the dining table. One of the guests, their teacher, suspects foul play and returns later to discover not only the body, but also how his own academic theories had been twisted to provide the motivation for the grotesque murder. Based on the real-life Leopold-Loeb murder, Hitchcock's study of total mise-en-scene construction was shot entirely on a single sound stage.
Invitation to a march; a new comedy
by Arthur Laurents
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4 editions published in 1961 in English and held by 403 libraries worldwide Whimsical play with Long Island setting.
Do I hear a waltz
by Richard Rodgers
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13 editions published between 1965 and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 375 libraries worldwide
Gene Kelly anatomy of a dancer
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1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 359 libraries worldwide Looks at the life and career of Gene Kelly who revolutionized musical and movie dancing, making it accessible for all people. Uses extended film clips, interviews with colleagues and critics and filmed interview segments from 1976 with Kelly.
The turning point
by Arthur Laurents
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18 editions published between 1900 and 2003 in 4 languages and held by 307 libraries worldwide
Alfred Hitchcock's rope
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2 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 275 libraries worldwide Two thrill-seeking friends strangle a classmate and then hold a party for their victim's family and friends, serving refreshments on a buffet table fashioned from a trunk containing the lifeless body. When dinner conversation revolves around talk of "the perfect murder," their former teacher becomes increasingly suspicious that his proteges have turned his intellectual theories into brutal reality.
West side story musical in two acts
by Burton D Fisher
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1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 246 libraries worldwide more
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Laurents, Arthur Levine 1918-2011
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