Arthur Laurents was a renowned American playwright, screenwriter, and director who was born on July 14, 1917, in Brooklyn, New York. He was a prominent figure in the entertainment industry for over six decades and was widely regarded as one of the most influential playwrights of his generation.
Laurents began his career in the theater as an assistant to playwrights such as Robert E. Sherwood and Moss Hart. He made his Broadway debut as a playwright in 1945 with the play "Home of the Brave," which dealt with anti-Semitism in the military. The play was a critical and commercial success and ... read more
Over the last three decades, David was the sound supervisor and mixer for numerous Broadway productions directed by such notables as Harold Prince, Michael Bennett, Jerome Robbins, Bob Fosse and Susan Stroman. These productions include: A Chorus Line (1981), Dreamgirls (1983), Sweet Charity (1986), Cabaret (1988), Jerome Robbins' Broadway (1989), Crazy For You (1991), Passion (1994), Fosse (1998), The Producers (2000), Gypsy (2007), The Addams Family (2009) and the 2014 Best Musical: A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder. In 2006, David designed the sound for the Tony Award winning Jay Johnson - The Two and Only and the Off-Broadway ... read more
