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Watch the trailer for Lisa D’Apolito's 'Shari and Lamb Chop,' the documentary about Shari Lewis and her beloved sock puppet.
Chet Hanks re-creates his father's title character in "Forrest Gump" in multiple scenes in the video for "You Better Run," ...
The result is a sublimely dishy portrait of Broadway's golden age and beyond, ranging from legends such as Ethel Merman, Jerome Robbins and Stephen Sondheim to Laurents' late partner, Tom Hatcher ...
Back in 2003, when the third revival of “Gypsy” opened on Broadway, the big behind-the-scenes news was a spat that broke out in previews between the show’s director, Sam Mendes, and Arthur ...
With music by Julie Styne, a book by Arthur Laurents and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, the show is one of Fernandez’s favorites. “It’s just a brilliant show,” Fernandez says.
Playwright, screenwriter and director Arthur Laurents (“West Side Story,” “Gypsy,” “The Turning Point”) wrote the novel “The Way We Were,” published in 1972, and then adapted it ...
In 1955, at the suggestion of Gore Vidal, Laurents walked into a Beverly Hills men’s clothing store and feasted his eyes on the manager, Tom Hatcher, a gorgeous blond blue-eyed out-of-work actor ...
From left to right: James MacArthur, Jane Fonda, Tom Hatcher and Arthur Laurents. The cast of “Invitation to a March,” in 1960. Stark read the story on a plane.
The Westport Country Playhouse has been around 91 years, and the noted theater institution is doing something it’s never done before — commissioning three playwrights to develop new works.
Arthur Laurents’ book was always the weakest link in the chain because of its lack of grit, motivation and sociopolitical perspective. Rita Moreno (center) dancing in a still from the 1961 ...
The Laurents Hatcher Foundation has awarded McCarter Theatre a $25,000 emergency support grant to assist the theatre center in meeting its financial obligations during the coronavirus pandemic. “This ...