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Tony Kushner

Tony Kushner was an American playwright, screenwriter, writer, music educator and director (born 1956). He was born at Manhattan.

Also recorded as Anthony R. Kushner.

Tony Kushner in brief

Born
1956
Known for
playwright, screenwriter, writer, music educator and director
Place of birth
Manhattan
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Identity and origins

Tony Kushner was recorded at birth as Anthony Robert Kushner. The authorities additionally record the heading Anthony R. Kushner. His recorded language was English.

He married Mark Harris.

Career and activity

He was employed by Juilliard School. He belonged to American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, PEN America and Writers Guild of America, East.

Recognition and collections

Tony Kushner received Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Lambda Literary Award, National Medal of Arts, Tony Award for Best Play, Hull-Warriner Award and PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award. Work by Tony Kushner is held by Harvard Film Archive.

Catalogued works

43 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. Their recorded dates run from 1955 to 1990. The first 12 are listed here.

Angels in America. Sammy Fabelman. A Bright Room Called Day. Decade. G. David Schine in Hell. Slavs! The Illusion. The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures. The Way We Live Now. Millennium Approaches. Perestroika, dated 1990. Angels in America: Millenium Approaches.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Tony Kushner in Conversation, 1997. The Theater of Tony Kushner, 2013. Tony Kushner, Contemporary American Playwrights, 2000. Kushner, Tony, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature, 2017. The Theater of Tony Kushner, 2021.

In detail

Tony Kushner studied at Columbia University and New York University Tisch School of the Arts. the recorded working language is English.

Employment is recorded with Juilliard School. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Academy of Arts and Sciences and PEN America.

Work by Tony Kushner is recorded in the collections of Harvard Film Archive.

Distinctions recorded are Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Lambda Literary Award, National Medal of Arts and Tony Award for Best Play.

Chronology

  1. 1956Tony Kushner born at Manhattan.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Tony Kushner”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q704433: Tony Kushner

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