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In 2003, he wrote the lyrics and book to the musical Caroline, or Change which earned Kushner Tony Award nominations for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score. The 2021 Broadway revival of Caroline, or Change earned Kushner a nomination for the 2023 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album .
Jul 12, 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).
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.
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 ...
Nov 30, 2021 · CENTRAL PARK LIES adjacent to the Upper West Side of “West Side Story,” where, six decades of urban renewal and gentrification later, Kushner lives with his husband, the film historian and ...
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".
Mar 29, 2023 · 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 an interviewer’s question.
Dec 3, 2021 · Kushner, 65, spoke to THR two days before Sondheim’s passing about re-envisioning the classic musical — and why he anticipates Story will avoid the kinds of criticism leveled at In the Heights.
Feb 22, 2023 · Tony Kushner has written the scripts for four of Steven Spielberg’s movies, and all four—Munich, Lincoln, West Side Story, and The Fabelmans—have been nominated for best picture.
Anthony Robert Kushner (born July 16, 1956) is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter. Lauded for his work on stage he's most known for his seminal work Angels in America which earned a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award.
