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Great interview with Tony Kushner

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qolbinau
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Great interview with Tony Kushner#1
Posted: 1/29/19 at 2:38pm

https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/theatre/tony-kusher-interview-caroline-or-change-west-side-story-a4051516.html



Love this: "A number of internet people said, ‘How dare you? You’re not gay. How dare you tell my story?’ I was like, first of all he’s not telling your story; I am — I wrote the play. And also, what am I supposed to do, say to actors, ‘Who do you sleep with?’ before I give them a role? I mean, it’s disgusting.”

 

p.s., they appeared to spell his name wrong in the URL and title. 

"It’s the fractured quality in [Bernadette Peters'] singing voice and line readings that puts across the character as someone for whom resentment is sliding into madness." - NYtimes on Follies (2011).
Updated On: 1/29/19 at 02:38 PM
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Great interview with Tony Kushner#2
Posted: 1/29/19 at 4:42pm
Thanks for posting, but it is pretty short and does not really cover any new ground.