Barbra Streisand Remembers Arthur Laurents

In a statement posted on the star's web site, Barbra Streisand writes "Arthur and I go way back to "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" in 1962. Then we did "The Way We Were" in 1973 and we were about to do "Gypsy" together.

He created people you care about because he cared about people. I spoke to him a few weeks ago and he sounded so strong, as always. He was lucky to have lived a full and creative life up 'til the very end.

I'll miss working with him again."

 

Arthur Laurents, who passed away Thursday night at age 93 was best known for his work as librettist on Gypsy and West Side Story, but was also well known as a playwright, having won a Tony Award® for Hallelujah, Baby! in 1968. Later as a director, he was Tony-nominated for Gypsy in 1975 (and the 2008 revival) as well as the original 1984 La Cage Aux Folles. He made his Broadway debut in 1945 with Home of the Brave, but in the late 1940s Mr. Laurents successfully tried his luck as a screenwriter in Hollywood. Film credits include Hitchcock's "Rope," "Anastasia," with Ingrid Bergman, and "The Turning Point," with Anne Bancroft and Shirley MacLaine. His screenplay for "The Way We Were," with Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand, was adapted from his novel by the same name.

 

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