Arthur Laurents

夢や成功を求め、多くの移民たちが暮らすニューヨークのウエスト・サイド。 だが、貧困や差別に不満を募らせた若者たちは同胞の仲間と結束し、各チームの対立は激化していった。 ある日、プエルトリコ系移民で構成された“シャークス”のリーダーを兄に持つマリアは、対立するヨーロッパ系移民“ジェッツ”の元リーダーのトニーと出会い、一瞬で惹かれあう。この禁断の愛が、多くの人々の運命を変えていくことも知らずに…。

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As the world prepares to celebrate the 60th anniversary of West Side Story in 2017, dancer Bruno Tonioli and broadcaster Suzy Klein go in search of the true stories behind the inception of this classic show. For the first time on television, they hear first-hand from those involved in the show when it opened on Broadway in September 1957, including Sondheim himself, producer Hal Prince and original cast members from both show and movie, including Chita Rivera Carol Lawrence and Rita Moreno. With the BBC Symphony Orchestra and specially cast singers, we re-live some of the wonderful music and, in the company of Suzy and Bruno, we discover how West Side Story placed the 1950s phenomena of racial tension and teenage gangs centre stage to create a hit that changed musical theatre forever.

Gypsy's mother Rose dreams of a life in show business for her daughters, but Louise becomes a huge burlesque star. Stage musical loosely based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee.

The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) caused a great impression on the lives of most of the American artists of that era, so many movies were made in Hollywood about it. The final defeat of the Spanish Republic left an open wound in the hearts of those who sympathized with its cause. The eventful life of screenwriter Alvah Bessie (1904-1985), one of the Hollywood Ten, serves to analyze this sadness, the tragedy of Spain and its consequences.

WORDS AND MUSIC is the story of one of Broadway's iconic figures: the composer/lyricist of Hello, Dolly!, Mame and La Cage aux Folles. Jerry Herman and an all-star cast, chart his rise from 1950s off-Broadway through all of his smash hits. Featuring never-before-seen footage of original stage performances, and a score full of classic show tunes.

Documentary attached to the 50th anniversary MGM Blu-ray collection of "West Side Story" (1961). Details how this successful stage production was reared and molded into a beautiful cinematic one. Deep-dives into Jerome Robbins' choreography and Leonard Bernstein's score-making processes.

Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award-winning filmmaker Rick McKay filmed over 100 of the greatest stars ever to work on Broadway or in Hollywood. He soon learned that great films can be restored, fine literature can be kept in print - but historic Broadway performances of the past are the most endangered. They leave only memories that, while more vivid, are more difficult to preserve. In their own words — and not a moment too soon — Broadway: The Golden Age tells the stories of our theatrical legends, how they came to New York, and how they created this legendary century in American theatre. This is the largest cast of legends ever in one film.

American Masters Series. Documentary on Gene Kelly that gives insight into his dancing, how he formed a style (first "blue collar dancer") and developed different cinematique techniques, such as brilliantly shot dancing sequences.

A collection of interviews recorded for the making of the 1995 documentary "The Celluloid Closet," on the subject of LGBT representation in film history.

A short documentary about the filming of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rope'. Interviews with screenwriter Arthur Laurents delve into the troubles of secretly making a movie about gay murderers in the 1940s.

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the classic film about romance set against a backdrop of war and political differences. Includes interviews with star Barbra Streisand and director Sydney Pollack, giving their views on the experience of crafting this well-loved masterpiece.

This documentary highlights the historical contexts that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals have occupied in cinema history, and shows the evolution of the entertainment industry's role in shaping perceptions of LGBT figures. The issues addressed include secrecy – which initially defined homosexuality – as well as the demonization of the homosexual community with the advent of AIDS, and finally the shift toward acceptance and positivity in the modern era.

Anyone Can Whistle is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Described by theater historian Ken Mandelbaum as "a satire on conformity and the insanity of the so-called sane," the show tells a story of an economically-depressed town whose corrupt Mayoress, in an attempt to draw tourists, decides to create a fake "miracle" - which draws the attention of Fay Apple, an emotionally inhibited nurse, a crowd of inmates from a local asylum called "The Cookie Jar," and a "doctor" with secrets of his own.

A television adaptation of the classic Broadway musical.

オクラホマ・シティ。ウェイン・ロジャースと妻のディーディーとの間には長女エミリア、長男イーサン、二女ジャニナがある。この２人は元アメリカン・バレエ団のダンサーであったが、ディーディーがウェインとの恋愛中に妊娠したために正式に結婚し、バレエ団から身を退いたのだった。エミリアは容姿も美しく、父母の血をひき、バレリーナになる素質が十分であった。アメリカン・バレエ団が公演のためやってくることになり、ロジャース一家は、この公演をこぞって見に行き、ディーディーは久方ぶりの親友エマの舞台姿に感激するが、内心には複雑な思いが交錯していた。

オクラホマ・シティ。ウェイン・ロジャースと妻のディーディーとの間には長女エミリア、長男イーサン、二女ジャニナがある。この２人は元アメリカン・バレエ団のダンサーであったが、ディーディーがウェインとの恋愛中に妊娠したために正式に結婚し、バレエ団から身を退いたのだった。エミリアは容姿も美しく、父母の血をひき、バレリーナになる素質が十分であった。アメリカン・バレエ団が公演のためやってくることになり、ロジャース一家は、この公演をこぞって見に行き、ディーディーは久方ぶりの親友エマの舞台姿に感激するが、内心には複雑な思いが交錯していた。

大学時代にクラスメイトだったケイティとバベルは、第二次世界大戦末期に再会し結婚する。しかし政治運動に没頭するケイティと脚本家を目指すバベルは、次第に違う道を歩き始めることに……。激動の時代を生き抜いた男女のラヴ・ストーリー。

Mama Rose lives to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. When June marries and leaves, Rose turns her hope and attention to her elder, less obviously talented, daughter Louise. However, having her headlining as a stripper at Minsky's Burlesque is not what she initially has in mind.

マンハッタンのウエスト・サイド。イタリア系の若者からなるジェット団と、プエルトリコ系の若者からなるシャーク団は不良グループ同士、町で顔を合わせればにらみあうという一触即発の関係だ。しかし、ジェット団のリーダー、リフの親友であるトニーは、シャーク団のリーダーであるベルナルドの妹、マリアと出会って、互いに一目惚れしてしまう。やがてリフとベルナルドがけんかした末、ひとりが命を落としてしまう事件がおこる。

マンハッタンのウエスト・サイド。イタリア系の若者からなるジェット団と、プエルトリコ系の若者からなるシャーク団は不良グループ同士、町で顔を合わせればにらみあうという一触即発の関係だ。しかし、ジェット団のリーダー、リフの親友であるトニーは、シャーク団のリーダーであるベルナルドの妹、マリアと出会って、互いに一目惚れしてしまう。やがてリフとベルナルドがけんかした末、ひとりが命を落としてしまう事件がおこる。

マンハッタンのウエスト・サイド。イタリア系の若者からなるジェット団と、プエルトリコ系の若者からなるシャーク団は不良グループ同士、町で顔を合わせればにらみあうという一触即発の関係だ。しかし、ジェット団のリーダー、リフの親友であるトニーは、シャーク団のリーダーであるベルナルドの妹、マリアと出会って、互いに一目惚れしてしまう。やがてリフとベルナルドがけんかした末、ひとりが命を落としてしまう事件がおこる。

１７歳のブルジョアの少女が父レイモンに新たに出来た恋人アンヌ（カー）が母となる現実を受容できず、それまでの若い愛人エルザ（ドモンジョ）と共謀して、父と彼女との仲をアンヌに見せつけて別れさせようとする。ところが絶望に車を駆って去るアンヌは運転を誤って崖から落ちて死んでしまう。一年前の出来事だった。今は陽光明るい夏のリヴィエラにいても、少女の世界は晴れることなどないと思われる惨めな悲しみに満ちていた。

英国に貯金されているロシア皇帝の財産を横取りしようと企む将軍ボーニンの、皇女アナスタシアの替え玉作戦を描いたロマン大作。主演のイングリッド・バーグマンは圧倒的な美しさと気品をたたえ、アカデミー賞に耀いた。

Middle-aged Ohio secretary Jane Hudson has never found love and has nearly resigned herself to spending the rest of her life alone. But before she does, she uses her savings to finance a summer in romantic Venice, where she finally meets the man of her dreams, the elegant Renato Di Rossi.

A prostitute is thrown out of her house by her alcoholic father, and her scheming brother-in-law tries to devise a plan to marry her off and make some money in the process.

A sensitive, educated black man's World War II-time problems. This is essentially the duplicate of his peace-time problems which are pointed up in a flashback of his life, and primarily of his war-time adventures with four white soldiers on a dangerous reconnaissance mission on a Japanese-held island.

It was Leonora Eames' childhood dream come true. She had married Smith Ohlrig, a man worth millions. But her innocent dream became a nightmare once she realizes the truth about her husband - he is power mad and insane! Since he will not grant her a divorce, she leaves her life of luxury on Long Island and goes to work as a receptionist in an impoverished doctor's office in NYC's lower east side. After Smith deceives her into a temporary reconciliation, Leonora becomes pregnant. By the time she realizes she is expecting, she and one of the doctors, Larry Quinada (James Mason), have fallen in love. But she is again lured backed to her wealthy husband to give her child financial security. Her sadistic husband is hell-bent on keeping her and her child prisoner. What will happen to Leonora?

大学生2人が同級生を殺害し、衣装箱に詰め、その上に料理を並べ、さらに被害者の家族や恋人を招いてパーティを開く……という1時間半を、現実の時間と一致させて進行したアルフレッド・ヒッチコックの実験作。