Original story by : a memoir of Broadway and Hollywood

A. Laurents

Here is the original story of a true original, the celebrated and internationally acclaimed director, playwright and screenwriter, Arthur Laurents (1918 - ). Laurents takes us into his world, peopled by the creative artists, directors, actors and personalities who came of age in the theatre and in Hollywood after WWII, including: Humphrey Bogart - Leonard Bernstein - Charlie Chaplin - Alfred Hitchcock - Gene Kelly - Stephen Sondheim - Barbara Streisand... and many more. Laurents schreef de scripts voor o.a. 'West Side Story' en 'Rope' en regisseerde 'La cage aux folles'. In and out of bed with men as well as women, in and out of succes with his work, Laurents describes his Freudian analysis with Theodor Reik, who insisted he could "cure" Laurents of his homosexuality.