1.0Broadway: The American Musicalhttps://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadwayBrian Santalonehttps://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/author/brian-santalone/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="MF3XncWoUF"><a href="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/stars/arthur-laurents/">Arthur Laurents</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/stars/arthur-laurents/embed/#?secret=MF3XncWoUF" width="600" height="338" title="“Arthur Laurents” — Broadway: The American Musical" data-secret="MF3XncWoUF" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Arthur Laurents' first play, "Home of the Brave," was a hard-hitting look at the plight of a Jewish GI during the War and opened on Broadway in 1945. "The Bird Cage" followed in 1950, then "The Time of the Cuckoo" (1952) and "A Clearing in the Woods" (1957).https://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/files/2012/09/laurents_a_pic1.jpg