- Partnered to actor Farley Granger during the 40s and part of the 50s as per his autobiography Original Story By published in 2000.
- He was a resident of Greenwich Village in New York City and Quoque, Long Island in New York.
- In Laurents' autobiography, he said that he was briefly engaged to marry Nora Kaye, who instead married (and then quickly divorced) the violinist, Isaac Stern.
- Also longtime partner of actor Tom Hatcher.
- Educated at Cornell University.
- Has won two Tony Awards: in 1968 as author of the Book of the Best Musical winner, "Hallelujah, Baby!," and in 1984 as Best Director (Musical) for "La Cage aux Folles." He was also nominated two other times: in 1958 as author of the Book of Best Musical nominee "West Side Story;" in 1960 as author of Best Musical nominee "Gypsy!," and in 1975 as Best Director (Musical) for the Angela Lansbury revival of "Gypsy!"
- Many of his plays were published under the title "Selected Plays of Arthur Laurents" in 2004.
- Born on exactly the same date as Ingmar Bergman.
- Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein and his musical, "West Side Story" at the Paramount Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was awarded the 2016 Joseph Jefferson (Equity) Award for Large Musical Production.
- He is survived by his niece and nephew.
- He founded the Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award in 2010 to honor a deserving young playwright.
- Stephen Sondheim and his musical, "Gypsy," at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2014 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award for Large Musical Production.
- His musical, "Gypsy," at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was awarded the 1984 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Musical Production.
- His musical, "Gypsy" at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 1998 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Musical Production.
- Jules Styne, Stephen Sondheim and his musical, "Gypsy" at the Porchlight Music Theatre at Ruth Page Center for the Arts in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for 2019 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Midsize Musical Production.
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