Arthur Laurents has put an end to the dream of a movie version of Gypsy starring Barbra Streisand and directed by Tom Hooper.

Well, he's no stranger to having people wish he were dead.

(I'm not one of them, but I do question his judgment and that of Stephen Sondheim if it's true they decided great shows shouldn't be made into movies. Can't they just be made into great movies?)