ARTHUR LAURENTS (1918 - )
| Nationality: | USA |
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Plays by Arthur Laurents
Anyone Can Whistle |
| 1st Produced: | Majestic Theater, New York | 1964 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Rodgers & Hammerstein, NY, | ISBN | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Columbia ( CK-2480) | 1964 | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||||
| Notes: | Music by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by Arthur Laurents | |||||
| Synopsis: | A town is so broke that the council will consider anything to make money. One day a small girl and her mother arrive. The girl licks a bolder and water pours out of it. A miracle. The town is saved. | |||||
Bird Cage, The |
| 1st Produced: | Broadway | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A dramatic tale of a hardboiled owner of a night club, The Bird Cage, in which not only the owner but all the employees symbolise a phase of metropolitan life which is both ironic and tragic. | |||||
Clearing In The Woods, A |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1957 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Random House, New York, 1957 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Synopsis: | With the help of her psychiatrist a depressed woman looks back over her life to see if she can pinpoint the moment that it started | |||||
Do I Hear A Waltz? |
| 1st Produced: | 46th Street Theater, New York, NY | 1965 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Sony (SK-48206) | 1965 | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by Arthur Laurents; Based on the play "The Time of the Cuckoo" by Arthur Laurents | |||||
| Synopsis: | In a Dolce Vita era Venice, a plucky American secretary, takes a vacation. Romance is in the air. | |||||
Enclave, The |
| 1st Produced: | Washington D.C. | 1973 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1974 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A group of friends have bought and renovated a row of houses and plan to move in as a group. One of their number has kept a secret from them - he is gay and is going to bring his much younger boyfriend too. | |||||
Gypsy |
| 1st Produced: | Broadway Theatre, NY | 1959 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Tams-Witmark, 757 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, | ISBN | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Sony (SK60848) | 1959 | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Book by Arthur Laurents; Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee | |||||
| Synopsis: | Setting: Various cities throughout the U.S. From the 1920s to the 1930s | |||||
Hallelujah, Baby!: |
| 1st Produced: | Martin Beck Theatre, NY | 1967 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comden; Book by Arthur Laurents | |||||
| Synopsis: | Setting: America from the turn of the century until now | |||||
Heartsong |
| 1st Produced: | New Haven, CT | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
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Home Of The Brave |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1945 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A group of American soldiers volunteer for a dangerous mission to a Japanese-occupied island. One soldier develops a complex because he convinces himself that he has failed in his duty to a dying buddy. He imagines that being a Jew and the victim of prejudice in his own group is that fact responsible for his "cowardice." Under pressure of a tense situation, he becomes partially paralyzed so that he cannot walk. He is put under medical care, and with the help of his doctor and fellow soldiers, he is brought to realize that he and his comrades are essentially "just guys," with no difference determined by blood or religion. He recovers and faces the world with confidence. | |||||
Invitation To A March |
| 1st Produced: | Music Box Theatre, New York | 1960 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Random House, New York, 1961 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Written by Arthur Laurents; Incidental music by Stephen Sondheim | |||||
| Synopsis: | Setting: The South Shore of Long Island, summertime | |||||
Jolson Sings Again |
| 1st Produced: | 1994-95 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
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Loss Of Memory, A |
| 1st Produced: | Southampton, New York | 1981 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Best Short Plays 1983", Chilton, Radnor, Pennsylvania, 1984 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Play | One Act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | An American tourist is picked up by an Israeli. The American's older self remembers the event. | |||||
Madwoman Of Central Park West, The |
| 1st Produced: | Buffalo | 1979 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: DRG (5212) | 1979 | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | written with Phyllis Newman, music by Peter Allen, Leonard Bernstein and others, from play My Mother Was a Fortune Teller by Newman | |||||
| Synopsis: | ||||||
Nick and Norah |
| 1st Produced: | Marquis Theater, New York | 1991 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: TER (1191) | 1990 | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Music by Charles Strouse; lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr; book by Arthur Laurents | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||
Radical Mystique, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1996 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | New York of the late 60's when "radical chic" was in vogue a party to aid the Black Panther's Self Defence fund presents problems | |||||
Scream |
| 1st Produced: | Houston TX | 1978 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
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Time Of The Cuckoo |
| 1st Produced: | Broadway | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | elderly secretary on holiday in Venice finds man is married, face to face with the difference between American and European view of morality she seethes with conflict, she can have a short love affair if she chooses | |||||
Two Lives |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Matt Singer, a playwright and his long term partner Howard Thompson a landscape gardener are celebrating Howard's birthday. But tragedy strikes. | |||||
West Side Story |
| 1st Produced: | Winter Garden Theatre, NY | 1957 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London, 1959 | ISBN | - | |||
| Music: | Original Broadway cast: Sony (32603) | 1957 | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Musical Tragedy | Musical | Parts: | Male | 22 | Female | 12 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Book by Arthur Laurents; Music by Leonard Bernstein; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | |||||
| Synopsis: | Setting: The West Side of New York City during the last days of Summer. 1957 | |||||