Tony Kushner to Receive Courage Award from NYC Anti-Violence Project, 11/9

Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Tony Kushner will be honored by the New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP) during their 13th annual Courage Awards on Monday, November 9 at the W New York Ballroom, the AVP reports.

"We at AVP are inspired by Tony Kushner's brave and honest commentary on our culture and our society," said AVP executive director Sharon Stapel in a statement. "His work inspires us to make connections between class, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender identity and to dream of a world that is fair and equal. He also forces us to see the realities of our struggles and how far we have come, and how far we have to go, to achieve equal rights for LGBT people."

Kushner is the author of, amongst other works, the two-part ‘Angels in America: Millenium Approaches,' and Angels in America: Perestroika.' In 1992, Kushner was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Angels. In 1993, Kushner won the Tony Award for Best Play for ‘Angels in America: Millennium Approaches.' Kushner would win another Tony Award the following year for Best Play for the second part of the Angels series, ‘Angels in America: Perestroika.' 'Angels' was made into an HBO-miniseries and received with much critical acclaim.

His other theatrical works include The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With a Key to the ScripturesHydriotaphia, 'Slavs!: Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness, A Bright Room Called Day, Homebody/Kabul, and the book for the musical Caroline, or Change. He also received an Oscar nomination for co-writing the screenplay for Munich, the feature film directed by Steven Spielberg.

The Courage Awards will be given out on Monday November 9 from 6PM-9PM. The W New York Ballroom is located at 541 Lexington Avenue, New York. The evening includes cocktails and a chefs' tasting and a program featuring the award presentation.

For tickets, please visit http://www.avp.org/events.htm

The New York City Anti-Violence Project is dedicated to eliminating hate violence, sexual assault, stalking, and domestic violence in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and HIV-affected communities through counseling, advocacy, organizing, and public education.