RIP Arthur Laurents

[labwyfan]

RIP Arthur Laurents#1

Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:04pm

http://www.deadline.com/2011/05/r-i-p-arthur-laurents/

[wdwfreak]

RIP Arthur Laurents#2

Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:05pm

OMG! This news is very upsetting. May he rest in peace. He did so much, and changed Broadway for the better. His legacy will live on.

[adamgreer]

RIP Arthur Laurents#2

Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:07pm

This thread is going to be fun.

[husk_charmer]

RIP Arthur Laurents#3

Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:08pm

Well, who'd have thought there was enough human left in him to die?

Ding, Dong, the Witch is dead....

http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer

[CurtainPullDowner]

RIP Arthur Laurents#4

Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:08pm

Call Mary Rogers...

[gvendo2005]

RIP Arthur Laurents#5

Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:09pm

I won't believe it until I put my finger in the holes in his hands and the wound in his side.

"There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from." ~ Charles M. Schulz

[jv92]

RIP Arthur Laurents#6

Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:09pm

I have nothing but good things to say about Arthur personally, but I do know others are less cheerful when it comes to him. In any event, this is rather shocking news, to say the least.

[ljay889]

RIP Arthur Laurents#7

Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:10pm

Wow, RIP.
He was very nice to me when I spoke to him after a performance of WSS.
Some on here are going to enjoy this news.
Updated On: 5/5/11 at 08:10 PM

[JOak]

RIP Arthur Laurents#8

Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:10pm

He did wonders to the American Musical. R.I.P. He shall never be forgotten.

[IdinaBellFoster]

RIP Arthur Laurents#9

Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:10pm

This was the second half of the Osama plan.

"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards

[Kalimba]

RIP Arthur Laurents#10

Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:11pm

Forget Mary Rogers, call PalJoey!
Updated On: 5/5/11 at 08:11 PM

[IdinaBellFoster]

RIP Arthur Laurents#11

Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:12pm

But on a serious note, the man did write the book for two of the greatest American musicals, scratch that, any musicals, of all time.

"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards

[Jordan Catalano]

RIP Arthur Laurents#12

Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:12pm

WOW

[BrodyFosse123]

RIP Arthur Laurents#13

Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:12pm

I don't believe this. I need to see photos!

[jv92]

RIP Arthur Laurents#14

Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:13pm

I sort of don't believe it either. My mouth is still gaping.

[IdinaBellFoster]

RIP Arthur Laurents#15

Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:14pm

I mean I figured he's at least live as long as Queen Mother. I sorta got a Tuck Everlasting feel from him.

"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards

[Ed_Mottershead]

RIP Arthur Laurents#16

Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:15pm

I'm not all that devastated -- he lived a full life, if not always a happy one. Having said that, he was often a mean-spirited person who made life miserable for many.

BroadwayEd

Updated On: 5/5/11 at 08:15 PM

[alliez92092]

RIP Arthur Laurents#17

Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:16pm

I am in shock. Wow, this is unbelievable. No matter how terrible his attitude was, he did do amazing things for the American theater and was incredibly talented. RIP.

[JOak]

RIP Arthur Laurents#18

Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:16pm

Now it's the time to start worrying about other legends. He was the oldest living legend of Broadway right?

[CapnHook]

RIP Arthur Laurents#19

Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:17pm

OMG!!! This is shocking! I know he was a difficult man, but one cannot ignore his contributions to the American stage.

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

[jv92]

RIP Arthur Laurents#20

Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:18pm

At least he'll be reunited with Tom, as Ed Mottershead said.

[allofmylife]

RIP Arthur Laurents#21

Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:19pm

No, that would be Carol Channing.

http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=972787#3631451 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=963561#3533883 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955158#3440952 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954269#3427915 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955012#3441622 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954344#3428699

[husk_charmer]

RIP Arthur Laurents#22

Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:19pm

Carol Channing will never die.

http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer

[JOak]

RIP Arthur Laurents#23

Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:20pm

Carol's 90, he was 93.
"Carol Channing will never die."
I surely hope so! Updated On: 5/5/11 at 08:20 PM

[bwayfan7000]

RIP Arthur Laurents#24

Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:22pm

It's hard to believe he's really gone. I will be forever grateful for giving me Gypsy, one of my favorite shows and favorite theatrical memories of all time. RIP

"Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos."-Stephen Sondheim

Updated On: 5/5/11 at 08:22 PM