#Arthur Laurents

[charlesleeraejepsen]

this tumblr post // interview with arthur laurents about his film rope // shirley maclaine about the childrens hour, "the celluloid closet" // war of the foxes by richard siken

#posts only 8 people think are funny #spn #supernatural #mischa collins #shirley maclaine #arthur laurents #rope 1948 #the children's hour #web weaving

[sondheims-hat]

Bernstein, Sondheim, Laurents. Opening night of West Side Story, Sept 26, 1957.

#sondheim #leonard bernstein #arthur laurents #west side story

[in-love-with-movies]

West Side Story (2021)

#West Side Story #filmedit #musical #Rachel Zegler #Mike Faist #Ariana DeBose #David Alvarez #Ansel Elgort #Steven Spielberg #Arthur Laurents #my gifs #movie gifs

[doyouknowthismusical]

#musical theater #do you know this musical #poll #anyone can whistle #stephen sondheim #arthur laurents #language: english

[theersatzcowboy]

Bonjour Tristesse (1958)

Director:  Otto Preminger

Cinematographer: Georges Périnal

Starring: Jean Seberg, Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Mylène Demongeot, and Juliette Gréco

#bonjour tristesse #hello sadness #otto preminger #jean seberg #deborah kerr #juliette greco #david niven #mylene demongeot #francoise sagan #arthur laurents #technicolor #cinemascope #saul bass #saint tropez #british cinema #british film #french riviera #50s films #50s cinema #50s movies #costume design #1958 #classic film #classic cinema #black and white #french music #novel adaptation

[kurtmckinnon]

Alfred Hitchcock's 1948 film Rope is famous for how it was filmed: To look like one continuous scene playing out in real time with no cuts. But there's something else that makes it an even more audacious film, which is the unstated fact that its main characters are a gay couple. Slipping queer characters past film censors in the 1940s was no easy task -- and in fact, they nearly didn't get away with it. And what Hitchcock didn't know is that during the making of he film, the writer was secretly having an affair with the leading man. Their clandestine romance lent a whole new level of real-life-danger behind the scenes of this iconic thriller. Because if their secret was discovered, they'd face the end of their careers -- or much, much worse.

Matt Baume is one of my favorite YouTubers; his content mainly focuses on LGBTQ rep in popular culture. I have not watched this video yet but I am looking forward to his take on Rope (one of my fave films tbh).

#rope 1948 #matt baume #alfred hitchcock #farley granger #john dall #arthur laurents #rope (1948) #lgbtq representation #kinda sorta

[citizenscreen]

Arthur Laurents (July 14, 1917 – May 5, 2011), pictured (center) with collaborators Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim in New York City, 1964.

#richard rodgers #arthur laurents #stephen sondheim

[yourdailyqueer]

Arthur Laurents (deceased)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: 14 July 1917  

DOD: 5 May 2011

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Nationality: American

Occupation: Playwright, theatre director, producer, screenwriter

#Arthur Laurents #lgbt history #gay history #mlm #lgbt #male #gay #1917 #rip #historical #jewish #ashkenazi jewish #playwright #director #producer #screenwriter

[chickflickswithgabbyandamy]

Season 2, Episode 9 | The Way We Were (1973) & The Virgin Suicides (1999)

Chick Flicks with Gabby & Amy brings you A Very Special Super '70s Double Feature of The Way We Were and The Virgin Suicides. While seemingly different, the films share an elegiac tone, a dreamy nostalgia, and origins as 1970s artifacts (plus appearances by James Woods, randomly). Come along as we delve into the idiosyncrasies and profundities of these two period pieces. 

CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses suicide. If you are in crisis, please call or text 988 to reach the National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. 

https://chickflicks.libsyn.com/the-way-we-werethe-virgin-suicides

#chick flicks with gabby & amy #chick flicks #chick flick #the way we were #the virgin suicides #70s movies #70s film #90s films #90s movies #sofia coppola #sydney pollack #robert redford #barbra streisand #kirsten dunst #josh hartnett #kathleen turner #james woods #arthur laurents #tw suicide #feminist film #feminism #coming of age #romance

[owlpuddle]

I've never heard anyone pronounce waltz as walss (no t) until I entered the musical theatre sphere. Anyway, it's how the actor pronounces it in the title song of Do I Hear a Waltz, and I first assumed it was a mistake, but everyone in that production was so fucking sick of each other that they didn't bother to get a second take.

#stephen sondheim #richard rodgers #arthur laurents #2/3 nightmare blunt rotation lol #ive tried this show a couple times but rodgers's music just slides off my brain #the weak book doesnt help #do i hear a waltz

[pygartheangel]

Reviews of "West Side Story" (1961) and "West Side Story " (2021)

#west side story #west side story 2021 #robert wise #steven spielberg #leonard bernstein #stephen sondheim #jerome robbins #arthur laurents

[hesupportsyou]

An important distinction!

#arthur laurents #Sondheim #anyone can whistle #west side story

[sondheims-hat]

#sondheim #leonard bernstein #arthur laurents #jerome robbins #west side story

[unwelcome-ephestion]

Gypsy premiered in 1959, but its authors felt they didn't get the ending right until 1974, when Arthur Laurents, who wrote the book, directed. Rose's Turn, often hailed as the greatest song in all musical theatre, was, believe it or not, the problem song.

When first writing it, Styne and Sondheim had wanted to end it on a discordant chord. (Although Sondheim was Gypsy's lyricist, he did more of the music for Rose's Turn than is commonly known - check the Gypsy tag if you want to know why, as I will post that story separately). When they showed the show to Oscar Hammerstein before opening, he persuaded them to end on a concord and have people clap. He said that everyone was waiting to clap and so they didn't listen to the following scene. Reluctantly, the team agreed and put in the concord and applause - but they felt that where tension had maxed out and people stopped listening in the first version, this second version with the clap dissipated all the tension. There had to be some happy medium.

You can see some of the 1974 Rose's Turn with Angela Lansbury from 09:19 in the video, and though you can't see how it was fixed, you can see her bowing in character, which is important. This is how Laurents fixed it. The audience bursts into raucous applause, and Rose bows, very much in character. And she keeps bowing. And the applause stops - tension released. And then she keeps bowing - and the audience has the horrible realisation that the bowing is not a lead actress acknowledging her audience at all. It is all inside Rose's head, and it still goes on - and in that moment they finally realise how deluded, how monomaniacal, how utterly broken she is. Tension built right back up immediately. It's a genius ending.

Interestingly, Lansbury was nervous about it. She didn't want the audience to think she was just a diva milking a bow. But after trialling it, she and Laurents knew they were on a winner - and that's generally how Rose's Turn is performed now. Sometimes it does take 15 years to get a show right, but worth it in the end!

#gypsy #rose's turn #stephen sondheim #jule styne #arthur laurents #angela lansbury #oscar hammerstein #queue stole my heart away #Youtube

[doyouknowthismusical]

#musical theater #do you know this musical #poll #west side story #leonard bernstein #stephen sondheim #arthur laurents #language: english

[wewerealwaysthere]

Writer Arthur Laurents explained why he saw Harold Land perform in “Fancy Free”…

“… Is sex art? Because the reason I returned again and again was Harold Lang, one of the three sailors and the best sex I’d ever had. He was the sailor with the ingratiating boyish grin and the white pants molded to Nobel-worthy buttocks. How could the answer to ‘What is art?’ compare to Harold Lang’s ass?”

(Both Gore Vidal and Arthur Laurents were lovers of Harold Lang.)

Photo found here:

https://1bohemian.tumblr.com/post/681522224368386048/beyond-the-pale-the-ballet-dancer-harold-lang

Also check out these profiles:

Lang:

https://100gayicons.tumblr.com/post/647380504241487873/harold-lang-made-his-professional-debut-with-the

Laurents:

https://100gayicons.tumblr.com/post/644577550298923009/arthur-levine-grew-up-in-a-middle-class-family

#we were always there #gay couple #Harold Lang #arthur laurents #Gore Vidal #what is art #gay icons