Tony Kushner
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.
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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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Videos
Video: Jane Krakowski Recalls Seeing OH, MARY! for the First Time
by Josh Sharpe - 2025-11-18 10:35:36
Photos/Video: Tony-Winner Susan Stroman Receives 2023 Louis Auchincloss Prize
by A.A. Cristi - 2023-12-14 23:21:21
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by Stephi Wild - Sep 1, 2026
Tony Kushner's A BRIGHT ROOM CALLED DAY will return for an immersive run in a Crown Heights, Brooklyn townhouse, following a sold-out staging, with audiences seated alongside the cast.
by Theresa Bertram - Aug 26, 2026
What did our critic think of ANGELS IN AMERICA, PART 1: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES at Actors Theatre Of Little Rock?
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 23, 2026
Shenandoah Conservatory revealed its 2026-27 season featuring guest artists, a new Well-Being Concert Series developed with Carnegie Hall, and productions including Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, ad more.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 22, 2026
After 23 years as Artistic Director of The Public Theater, Oskar Eustis will step down when his current contract concludes in 2028, at the end of The Public Theater's 60th anniversary season.
by Stephi Wild - Jul 20, 2026
Ben Platt has already had a plethora of career highlights, but in a recent interview, he revealed some of the dream roles he still has on his bucket list, including Sunday in the Park With George and Angels in America.
by - Jul 16, 2026
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is July 16, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
by Juan Carlos Araujo - Jun 25, 2026
Un portentoso y contundente montaje de la obra maestra de Tony Kushner que nos demuestra su relevancia y urgencia en el 2026.
by Stephi Wild - Jun 23, 2026
The Royal Danish Theatre will stage Matthew López’s The Inheritance, Part 1 on the Main Stage of The Royal Playhouse in Copenhagen. Learn more about the show here!
by Brett Cullum - Jun 6, 2026
So, in no order (and with no clarity of categories), here are the BROADWAY WORLD HOUSTON CRITICS’ CHOICE awards for the 2025-2026 season! CHEERS!
by Josh Sharpe - Jun 5, 2026
On Thursday, June 4, Lambda Legal hosted the 2026 Liberty Awards National Dinner at New York City's Glasshouse, honoring Annette Bening and journalist Kara Swisher with their Liberty Awards. Check out photos from the event.
by Josh Sharpe - May 28, 2026
Three-time Tony Award-winner Nathan Lane, currently on Broadway in Death of a Salesman, will serve as the subject of a new documentary from filmmaker Matthew Miele.
by Brett Cullum - May 27, 2026
I felt like this might be my last chance to do something this ambitious, something I've wanted to do for a long time, with a theater that actually gave me my first theatrical opportunities as a student at Rice University.
by Stephi Wild - May 14, 2026
Main Street Theater will present Houston theater veteran Tamara Siler in SINNERS & SAINTS, a cabaret show featuring songs from Gospel to Broadway alongside stories from her 42-year Houston stage career.
by Taylor Shiley - May 13, 2026
We sat down to discuss everything from Philadelphia Theatre Company to the world premiere of Pulitzer-Prize winner James Ijames' new play, Wilderness Generation.
by Herbert Paine - May 11, 2026
Stray Cat Theatre’s revival seems to rediscover the volatility in the text and the humor that snaps like electricity.
by Stephi Wild - May 5, 2026
Theater Resources Unlimited and the League of Professional Theatre Women will present a Town Hall discussion on gender equality in theater, hosted at Polaris North Studio in NYC with simultaneous streaming available.
by Stephi Wild - Apr 29, 2026
Playwright and MacArthur “Genius” Samuel D. Hunter was honored at the Page 73 Gala 2026, celebrating the nonprofit renowned for its work fostering playwrights early in their careers. Check out photos here!
by Jennifer Broski - Apr 28, 2026
The Public Theater hosted a 40th Anniversary Benefit Reading of The Normal Heart, featuring Billy Eichner, David Greenspan, Ben Stiller, Ali Stroker, Michael Urie, and more. Check out photos here!
by Stephi Wild - Apr 22, 2026
Raúl Esparza and Helen J Shen will announce the 70th Annual Drama Desk Awards nominations next week. Learn more about the upcoming event and the awards ceremony here!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 17, 2026
The cast has been revealed for The Public Theater’s one-night-only reading of Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart, including Ben Stiller, Billy Eichner, Ali Stroker and more.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Tony Kushner has appeared on Broadway in 1 shows.
Tony Kushner has not appeared in the West End.
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.
Tony Kushner has received numerous prestigious awards throughout his career. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches. He also won the Tony Award for Best Play for Angels in America: Perestroika, along with the Outstanding Play award from the Drama Desk Awards for the same production. Both parts of Angels in America received Outstanding Revival awards from The Lortels, and Angels in America: Millennium Approaches won Best Play from the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards and the Evening Standard Awards. For Caroline, or Change, Kushner received the Best New Musical award from the Olivier Awards, the Outstanding Book of a Musical award from the Drama Desk Awards, and Special Citations from the Obie Awards. His other works have also been recognized, including Obie Awards for Playwriting for both Homebody/Kabul and Slavs!. Additionally, Kushner received recognition as a Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee through The Lortels.
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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