Was an understudy for a 1968 Broadway stage production of "The Great White Hope." Lauter eventually graduated from understudy to actor in a January, 1970 production of this particular play.
Played Murphy in a Broadway stage revival of "The Front Page" at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre which ran from November 23, 1986 to January 11, 1987.
Played the judge in an Off-Broadway stage production of "An Impudent Wolf" at Theatre 62 which ran from November 19, 1965 to November 28, 1965.