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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.
- July 16, 1956 (age 67), New York City, U.S.
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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). Kushner grew up in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and attended Columbia University and New York University.
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Biography. Awards. Trivia. FAQ. IMDbPro. All topics. Tony Kushner (I) Writer. Actor. Producer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Play trailer 2:16. West Side Story (2021) 8 Videos. 37 Photos. Tony Kushner's play "Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes" earned him the Pulitzer Prize, among many other awards.
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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 · Tony Kushner on Jewishness, Spielberg, ‘unsafe’ art. Clea Simon. Harvard Correspondent. March 29, 2023 5 min read. In Harvard visit, Pulitzer-winning playwright reflects on roots, writing (and rewriting), empathy in a darkened theater.
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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...
Aug 10, 2014 · Special to The Seattle Times. 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 ...
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