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  1. 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.’

  2. Mar 29, 2023 · In Harvard visit, Pulitzer-winning playwright reflects on roots, writing (and rewriting), empathy in a darkened theater. In a sprawling discussion of Jewishness, Stephen Spielberg, and the arts, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, screenwriter, and activist Tony Kushner entertained the audience at Sander Theatre from his very first response to ...

  3. Dec 9, 2021 · December 9, 2021 1:30 PM EST. W hen Steven Spielberg approached the playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner about the possibility of remaking West Side Story in 2014, Kushner was initially...

  4. May 14, 2017 · Tony Kushners 1991 play Angels in America broke the silence about Aids. As a revival wows audiences at the National, he talks about how the world has changed Sun 14 May 2017 05.00 EDT Last...

  5. Tony Kushner. Writer: West Side Story. Tony Kushner's play "Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes" earned him the Pulitzer Prize, among many other awards. His other acclaimed plays include "Slavs", "Homebody/Kabul" and "Caroline, or Change".

  6. Apr 9, 2018 · Illustration by Jasu Hu. It has taken me years to understand that, while I don’t necessarily identify with a number of the characters in “Angels in America,” Tony Kushners brilliant ...

  7. Nov 22, 2022. Tony Kushner has been working with Steven Spielberg for nearly 20 years, having penned or co-written the screenplays for Munich, Lincoln, and West Side Story. (He earned Oscar nominations for the former two.) And despite being a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright, Kusher still feels the weight of the work.

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