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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.
Jul 22, 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. 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".
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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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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 · The Tony, Emmy and Pulitzer-honored, politically outspoken Kushner has moved on too. He’s penned the Steven Spielberg films “Lincoln” and “Munich,” the HBO TV-movie “Angels in America,” the...
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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.