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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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Interview: Wesley Whitson of ANGELS IN AMERICA at Rec Room Arts Photo
Interview: Wesley Whitson of ANGELS IN AMERICA at Rec Room Arts
by Brett Cullum - Nov 19, 2025

It's one of those dream shows, you know? From the second that I first encountered it, I saw myself in it, and it became an aspiration to be in that show, to tell that story. It's always had this pull to it.
Video: Jane Krakowski Recalls Seeing OH, MARY! for the First Time Photo
Video: Jane Krakowski Recalls Seeing OH, MARY! for the First Time
by Josh Sharpe - Nov 18, 2025

Jane Krakowski, currently back on the boards as the title role in Cole Escola's Oh, Mary! on Broadway, stopped by Late Night with Seth Meyers on Monday to discuss the show, of which she's been a big fan since its early days. Watch the interview now.
Review: ANGELS IN AMERICA PART ONE: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES at REC ROOM ARTS Photo
Review: ANGELS IN AMERICA PART ONE: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES at REC ROOM ARTS
by Brett Cullum - Nov 11, 2025

Rec Room Arts has delivered at least the first half of a miracle. This is something that feels less like a revival and more like a call to arms, and Kushner’s words echo louder and more forcefully than ever. 
Feature: SEASON FOUR REVEAL - WE, THE PEOPLE: STILL WE DREAM at Actors Theatre Of Lit Photo
Feature: SEASON FOUR REVEAL - WE, THE PEOPLE: STILL WE DREAM at Actors Theatre Of Little Rock
by Theresa Bertram - Nov 6, 2025

Actors Theatre of Little Rock continues its commitment to bold, socially engaged storytelling, immersive experiences, and reimagined classics that speak directly to the world we live in today. 
Historic Upper Manhattan Cinema to Reopen as 'Uptown Film Center' Photo
Historic Upper Manhattan Cinema to Reopen as 'Uptown Film Center'
by Josh Sharpe - Oct 29, 2025

A historic theater on Broadway and 99th Street is being restored, reopening with a new name and new mission. Now called the 'Uptown Film Center,' the theater will serve as an arthouse cinema in the Upper West Side neighborhood.
Review: CAROLINE, OR CHANGE at Black Theatre Troupe Photo
Review: CAROLINE, OR CHANGE at Black Theatre Troupe
by Herbert Paine - Oct 23, 2025

Change can be the hardest and perhaps even the most horrifying part of life, but it can also be the most rewarding. The Black Theatre Troupe’s performance of the musical CAROLINE, OR CHANGE highlights the highs and lows of change with distinction.
Review: ANGELS IN AMERICA, PART TWO: PERESTROIKA at The Gamm Theatre Photo
Review: ANGELS IN AMERICA, PART TWO: PERESTROIKA at The Gamm Theatre
by Christopher Verleger - Oct 2, 2025

The AIDS epidemic further takes its toll on a group of New Yorkers and their supernatural acquaintances in the second part of Tony Kushner’s award-winning drama, “Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika,” now at Gamm Theatre.
CAROLINE, OR CHANGE Comes to Tempe Center for the Arts Photo
CAROLINE, OR CHANGE Comes to Tempe Center for the Arts
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 16, 2025

Black Theatre Troupe will present Caroline, or Change at Tempe Center for the Arts from October 17–November 2, 2025. With book and lyrics by Tony Kushner and music by Jeanine Tesori, the acclaimed musical explores race, class, and identity through a stirring blend of gospel, Motown, and Jewish melodies. Tickets are now available.
Tony Kushner's A BRIGHT ROOM CALLED DAY to be Presented at a Private Brownstone in Br Photo
Tony Kushner's A BRIGHT ROOM CALLED DAY to be Presented at a Private Brownstone in Brooklyn
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 9, 2025

Co-producers Rebecca Friday and Portal Rose will present 'A Bright Room Called Day', a play by Tony Kushner, directed by Rachel Gita Karp, at 697 Madison St, a private brownstone in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn.
TOPSY TURVY, ARREST THE CLOWNS Included in 2025-2026 Season at The Actors' Gang Photo
TOPSY TURVY, ARREST THE CLOWNS Included in 2025-2026 Season at The Actors' Gang
by Emmy Rice - Sep 6, 2025

The Actors’ Gang is announcing its full 2025/2026 which features seven original plays, two twentieth century theatrical classics, and Late Night Fridays that will present improvised commedia dell’ arte, live music and film screenings.
Interview: Crystal Lucas-Perry Opens Up About Public Works' Divine PERICLES Photo
Interview: Crystal Lucas-Perry Opens Up About Public Works' Divine PERICLES
by Nicole Rosky - Aug 29, 2025

What happens when the words of Shakespeare and the power of gospel music comes together onstage? Something like the magic that is happening onstage at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine with PERICLES. Crystal Lucas-Perry plays 'Gower' in the production and she is checking in with BroadwayWorld to tell us all about this powerful theatrical experience. 
The Gamm Theatre Launches New Season With ANGELS IN AMERICA: PART TWO " PERESTROIKA Photo
The Gamm Theatre Launches New Season With ANGELS IN AMERICA: PART TWO " PERESTROIKA
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 27, 2025

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) will open its 2025–26 season with Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika, directed by Brian McEleney. The production continues the epic journey that began with last season’s Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approache
Invictus Theatre’s ANGELS IN AMERICA, PARTS ONE AND TWO Extended Photo
Invictus Theatre’s ANGELS IN AMERICA, PARTS ONE AND TWO Extended
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 26, 2025

Due to popular demand, the run of Invictus Theatre Company’s production of Tony Kushner’s monumental two-part play, ANGELS IN AMERICA, with a single cast performing both parts of the play in repertory, has been extended by two weeks. Learn more!
Jeffrey Wright And Octavia Spencer To Lead Tony Kushner DEATH OF A SALESMAN Film Ada Photo
Jeffrey Wright And Octavia Spencer To Lead Tony Kushner DEATH OF A SALESMAN Film Adaptation
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 20, 2025

Tony Award-winner Jeffrey Wright and Academy Award-winner Octavia Spencer will headline a new film adaptation of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, directed and co-adapted by Chinonye Chukwu (Clemency, Till) alongside Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Tony Kushner (Angels in America).
Review Roundup: JEFF ROSS: TAKE A BANANA FOR THE RIDE Opens On Broadway Photo
Review Roundup: JEFF ROSS: TAKE A BANANA FOR THE RIDE Opens On Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 19, 2025

The new theatrical one-man show, Jeff Ross: TAKE A BANANA FOR THE RIDE plays the Nederlander Theatre on Broadway. Named for his beloved grandfather’s practical and loving travel advice, this intimate one-man show offers a peeled back look into the heart and soul of America’s Roastmaster – but don’t expect to get away un-skewered. Read the reviews!
Rec Room Arts to Present ANGELS IN AMERICA in Full Rotating Repertory Photo
Rec Room Arts to Present ANGELS IN AMERICA in Full Rotating Repertory
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 14, 2025

Rec Room Arts will stage Tony Kushner’s Angels in America in full—Part One: Millennium Approaches and Part Two: Perestroika—in rotating repertory at its 60-seat downtown Houston venue from November 6 through December 20, 2025.
AMAZE to Open Off-Broadway at New World Stages Tonight Photo
AMAZE to Open Off-Broadway at New World Stages Tonight
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 13, 2025

Magic show Amaze will celebrate its opening night at New World Stages tonight. Amaze is a story-driven magic show that puts the wonder directly into the hands of the audience and makes them feel part of the magic. Learn more!
GREAT EXPECTATIONS and More Set for The Acting Company 2025-26 Season Photo
GREAT EXPECTATIONS and More Set for The Acting Company 2025-26 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 28, 2025

The Acting Company has revealed its 2025-26 Season of programming. The season features Dickens' Great Expectations in a World Premiere Adaptation by Nikki Massoud, and more.
CAROLINE, OR CHANGE and More Set for Black Theatre Troupe 2025-2026 Season Photo
CAROLINE, OR CHANGE and More Set for Black Theatre Troupe 2025-2026 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 23, 2025

Black Theatre Troupe has unveiled its 2025–2026 season, featuring poignant dramas, vibrant musicals, and BTT’s legendary holiday tradition and more. See the full lineup of shows here!
15 Broadway Musicals with Multiple Movie Adaptations Photo
15 Broadway Musicals with Multiple Movie Adaptations
by Josh Sharpe - Jul 19, 2025

For years, Broadway musicals have spawned multiple film adaptations, from the early days of cinema to Steven Spielberg's remake of West Side Story. Take a look at our list of 15 musicals that have danced their way to the screen more than once!
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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?

Tony Kushner has received numerous prestigious awards throughout his career. His accolades include Outstanding Revival (The Lortels) for both Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Angels in America: Perestroika. He won Best New Musical (Olivier Awards) for Caroline, Or Change, along with Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) and Special Citations (Obie Awards) for Caroline, or Change. Kushner was also a Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee (The Lortels). His playwriting was honored with Obie Awards for Homebody/Kabul and Slavs!. He received 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, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches. Additionally, Kushner earned Best Play (Tony Awards) and Best Play (Evening Standard Awards) for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches.

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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