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Tony Kushner. Anthony Robert Kushner (born July 16, 1956) is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter. Lauded for his work on stage, he is most known for his seminal work Angels in America, which earned a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award, as well as its subsequent acclaimed HBO miniseries of the same name.
May 1, 2024 · Tony Kushner (born July 16, 1956, New York, New York, U.S.) is an American dramatist who became one of the most highly acclaimed playwrights of his generation after the debut of his two-part play Angels in America (1990, 1991).
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Tony Kushner is a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, screenwriter and producer. He is known for his works such as Angels in America, Lincoln, Munich and West Side Story.
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Nov 30, 2021 · Tony Kushner, Oracle of the Upper West Side When Steven Spielberg asked Kushner, America’s most important living playwright, to take on ‘West Side Story,’ he thought, ‘He’s lost his mind.’
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Mar 29, 2023 · Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and activist Tony Kushner discusses his identity, his collaborations with Stephen Spielberg, and his views on art and empathy in a Harvard event. He also shares his insights on Shakespeare, anti-Semitism, and the importance of experiencing “unsafe” art in the theater.
Dec 9, 2021 · A notorious history buff—Spielberg says Kushner read 400 books on Abraham Lincoln while writing the screenplay for Lincoln—Kushner culled through countless primary and secondary documents ...
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Aug 10, 2014 · In the late 1980s, the young writer Tony Kushner began work on his second play: a theatrical epic about AIDS and homophobia, race and morality, religion and spirituality, Reaganism, love and ...