In 2008, Laurents directed a Broadway revival of Gypsy starring Patti LuPone, and in 2009, he tackled a bilingual revival of West Side Story, with Spanish translations of some dialogue and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
For many years he was the arranger, accompanist and conductor for Patti LuPone, and with writer-director Scott Wittman created several shows for LuPone.
Patti LaBelle | Patti Smith | Patti Page | Patti LuPone | Patti Labelle | Adelina Patti | Patti Lupone | Patti Starr | Patti Boulaye | The Gospel According to Patti LaBelle | Patti Hansen | Patti Catalano | Patti | Carlotta Patti | Archimedes Patti | Patti Solis Doyle | Patti, Sicily | Patti Novak | Patti Lank | Patti Deutsch | Patti D'Arbanville |
It has hosted shows by such notable performers as Patti LuPone, Ben Vereen, Marilyn Maye, and Barbara Cook.
Other productions include Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Passing Strange, Next to Normal, the 2009 revival of Hair, Take Me Out, Everyday Rapture", solo shows for Anna Deveare Smith, Eve Ensler, Eric Bogosian and John Leguizamo, concerts for Audra McDonald, Patti Lupone, Sandra Bernhard and The Magnetic Fields.
In 2011, the United Solo board has nominated four performers for the uAward: Daniel Beaty in Through the Night, John Lithgow in Stories by Heart, Patti LuPone in The Gypsy in My Soul, and Robin Williams in Weapons of Self-Destruction.