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BIO

Tony Kushner's other plays include A Bright Room Called Day; Angels In America, Parts One and Two; Slavs!; Homebody/Kabul and Caroline, or Change. His adaptations include Corneille's The Illusion, S.Y. Ansky's The Dybbuk, and Brecht's The Good Person of Sezuan and Mother Courage and Her Children (Public Theater). Kushner’s films include Angels In America, directed by Mike Nichols and Munich, directed by Steven Spielberg. His books include Brundibar, illustrations by Maurice Sendak; The Art of Maurice Sendak, 1980 to the Present; and Wrestling With Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict (co-edited with Alisa Solomon). Kushner has received the Pulitzer Prize, an Emmy Award, an Oscar nomination, two Tony Awards, three Obie Awards, an Olivier Award, two Evening Standard Awards, and is the first recipient of the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award.

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STAGE CREDITS

Short Talks on the Universe
[Broadway]
Special Benefit Production, 2002
Himself

Productions

Mother Courage and Her Children
 
[Off-Broadway, 2006]
Adaptation
Helen
 
[Off-Broadway, 2002]
Director
The Big Love
 
[Off-Broadway, 1988]
Associate Artistic Director
The Love Suicides at Amijima
 
[Off-Broadway, 1987]
Associate Artistic Director
Coyote Ugly
 
[Off-Broadway, 1987]
Associate Artistic Director
Blood Sports
 
[Off-Broadway, 1987]
Associate Artistic Director
Stella
 
[Off-Broadway, 1987]
Associate Artistic Director

Writing

Slavs!
Playwright
Homebody/Kabul
Playwright
L'Illusion
Adaptation
The Illusion
Adaptation
Brundibar
Libretto
Caroline, or Change
Bookwriter
Lyricist
Lyricist
Bookwriter

Awards and Nominations


winner
The Lortels - 2011 - Outstanding Revival

Tony Kushner, Angels in America: Perestroika


winner
The Lortels - 2011 - Outstanding Revival

Tony Kushner, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches


winner
Olivier Awards - 2007 - Best New Musical

Tony KushnerCaroline, Or Change


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2004 - Outstanding Book of a Musical

Tony Kushner, Caroline, or Change


winner
Obie Awards - 2004 - Special Citations

Tony Kushner, Caroline, or Change


winner
The Lortels - 2004 - Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee(s)

Tony Kushner

Tony Awards - 2004 - Best Book of a Musical

Tony Kushner, Caroline, or Change

Tony Awards - 2004 - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Tony Kushner, Caroline, or Change


winner
Obie Awards - 2002 - Playwriting

Tony Kushner, Homebody/Kabul


winner
Obie Awards - 1995 - Playwriting

Tony Kushner, Slavs!

New York Drama Critics Circle Awards - 1994 - Best Play

Tony Kushner, Angels in America: Perestroika

Olivier Awards - 1994 - BBC Award for the Play of the Year

Tony KushnerPerestroika


winner
Tony Awards - 1994 - Best Play

Tony Kushner, Angels in America: Perestroika

Drama Desk Awards - 1993 - Outstanding New Play

Tony Kushner, Angels in America


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 1993 - Outstanding Play

Tony Kushner, Angels in America: Perestroika


winner
New York Drama Critics Circle Awards - 1993 - Best Play

Tony Kushner, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches


winner
The Pulitzer Prize - 1993 - The Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Tony Kushner, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches


winner
Tony Awards - 1993 - Best Play

Tony Kushner, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches


winner
Evening Standard Awards - 1992 - Best Play

Tony KushnerAngels in America

Olivier Awards - 1992 - BBC Award for the Play of the Year

Tony KushnerAngels In America

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Tony Kushner been in?

Tony Kushner has appeared on Broadway in 1 shows.

How many West End shows has Tony Kushner been in?

Tony Kushner has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Tony Kushner been nominated for?

Outstanding Revival (The Lortels) for Angels in America: Perestroika, Outstanding Revival (The Lortels) for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Best New Musical (Olivier Awards) for Caroline, Or Change, Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Caroline, or Change, Special Citations (Obie Awards) for Caroline, or Change, Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee(s) (The Lortels), Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Caroline, or Change, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Caroline, or Change, Playwriting (Obie Awards) for Homebody/Kabul, Playwriting (Obie Awards) for Slavs!, Best Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Angels in America: Perestroika, BBC Award for the Play of the Year (Olivier Awards) for Perestroika , Best Play (Tony Awards) for Angels in America: Perestroika, Outstanding New Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Angels in America, Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Angels in America: Perestroika, Best Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, The Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Best Play (Tony Awards) for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Best Play (Evening Standard Awards) for Angels in America and BBC Award for the Play of the Year (Olivier Awards) for Angels In America.

What awards has Tony Kushner won?

Outstanding Revival (The Lortels) for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Outstanding Revival (The Lortels) for Angels in America: Perestroika, Best New Musical (Olivier Awards) for Caroline, Or Change, Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Caroline, or Change, Special Citations (Obie Awards) for Caroline, or Change, Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee(s) (The Lortels), Playwriting (Obie Awards) for Homebody/Kabul, Playwriting (Obie Awards) for Slavs!, Best Play (Tony Awards) for Angels in America: Perestroika, Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Angels in America: Perestroika, Best Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, The Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Best Play (Tony Awards) for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, and Best Play (Evening Standard Awards) for Angels in America.

How many shows has Tony Kushner written?

Tony Kushner has written 15 shows including Don Juan de Marco (Lyricist), L'Illusion (Adaptation), A Bright Room Called Day (Playwright), Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (Playwright), Angels in America (Playwright), Angels in America: Perestroika (Playwright), The Illusion (Adaptation), Slavs! (Playwright), A Dybbuk, or Between Two Worlds (Adaptation), Love's Fire: Fresh Numbers by Seven American Playwrights (Playwright), Homebody/Kabul (Playwright), Caroline, or Change (Bookwriter), Short Talks on the Universe (Playwright), Brundibar (Libretto), The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures (Playwright).

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