Comments on: Let's get the chicks and kick it. Tony?

Let's get the chicks and kick it. Tony?

Lutoslawski — Fri, 06 May 2011 12:55:32 -0800

Arthur Laurents (wiki), writer of the libretti for West Side Story and Gypsy, among many other things, has died at the age of 93.

NYTimes obituary. Coverage by NY 1 (warning: advertisement). Friends and colleagues post remembrances. Laurents interviewed on On Stage in 2008. Part 2. Q. Do you think people suffer from the need to be liked? Laurents: I think people suffer from it enormously. More of Laurents talking about directing the West Side Story Broadway Revival. Laurents on Robbins, sex and writing at the Strand in 2009. Laurents wrote a memoir called Original Story By.

By: dismas

dismas — Fri, 06 May 2011 13:02:57 -0800

By: orthogonality

orthogonality — Fri, 06 May 2011 13:09:57 -0800

Krup that.

By: roomthreeseventeen

roomthreeseventeen — Fri, 06 May 2011 13:24:41 -0800

As long as we have this act, nobody's over twelve and you all know it.

By: tzikeh

tzikeh — Fri, 06 May 2011 13:31:36 -0800

♪

By: mkb

mkb — Fri, 06 May 2011 13:42:46 -0800

. Slight correction. Laurents wrote the books for West Side Story and Gypsy. The lyrics were by Sondheim for both.

By: cazoo

cazoo — Fri, 06 May 2011 14:20:21 -0800

By: New England Cultist

New England Cultist — Fri, 06 May 2011 14:28:43 -0800

By: two or three cars parked under the stars

two or three cars parked under the stars — Fri, 06 May 2011 15:16:40 -0800

I love West Side Story, and was lucky enough to see the Broadway revival that Laurents directed two years ago. It was interesting - the man responsible for what is probably the least-cherished aspect of the show ending up with all that power over that much-anticipated production. There was a lot about it that I didn't enjoy, but I certainly admire whatever it was that drove Laurents to make the choices he did, one of which -- the translation of a significant (but not enormous) number of the lyrics into Spanish -- was fairly radical. At the age of 92 he still wanted to be "absolutely contemporary". I think that's really something, and I'm glad that so near the end of a such a long and accomplished life, he was still wanting to do interesting things, and still getting his way about doing them. I'm sorry he's gone. .

By: lapolla

lapolla — Fri, 06 May 2011 16:02:54 -0800

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Fri, 06 May 2011 16:27:51 -0800

By: Wordwoman

Wordwoman — Fri, 06 May 2011 17:40:34 -0800

By: ThatCanadianGirl

ThatCanadianGirl — Fri, 06 May 2011 17:52:30 -0800

That piece "America" is just wonderful - the music, the lyrics, the choreography - all of it. Fantastic.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Fri, 06 May 2011 18:07:38 -0800

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Fri, 06 May 2011 19:38:47 -0800

Sperm to worm. ~ ------> ~

By: cybercoitus interruptus

cybercoitus interruptus — Fri, 06 May 2011 23:25:29 -0800