RIP Arthur Laurents
RIP Arthur Laurents
#1RIP Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:04pm
#2RIP Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:05pmOMG! 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.
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#3RIP Arthur Laurents
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#5RIP Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:09pmI 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
#6RIP Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:09pmI 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.
#7RIP Arthur Laurents
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
#8RIP Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:10pmHe did wonders to the American Musical. R.I.P. He shall never be forgotten.
#9RIP Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:10pmThis 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
#10RIP Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:11pm
Forget Mary Rogers, call PalJoey!
Updated On: 5/5/11 at 08:11 PM
#11RIP Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:12pmBut 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
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#14RIP Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:13pmI sort of don't believe it either. My mouth is still gaping.
#15RIP Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:14pmI 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
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#16RIP Arthur Laurents
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
#17RIP Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:16pmI 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.
#18RIP Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:16pmNow it's the time to start worrying about other legends. He was the oldest living legend of Broadway right?
#19RIP Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:17pmOMG!!! 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
--Aristotle
#20RIP Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:18pmAt least he'll be reunited with Tom, as Ed Mottershead said.
#21RIP Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:19pmNo, 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
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#22RIP Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:19pmCarol Channing will never die.
http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer
#23RIP Arthur Laurents
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/09
#24RIP Arthur Laurents
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
