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Find sources: "Tony Kushner" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Tony Kushner Kushner in 2016 Born (1956-07-16) July 16, 1956 (age 64) New York City, New York, U.S. Occupation Playwright author screenwriter Education Columbia University (BA) New York University (MFA) Notable awards Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1993) Tony Award for Best Play (1993, 1994) Emmy Award (2004) St. Louis Literary Award (2012) Spouse Mark Harris ​ (m. 2008)​ Anthony Robert Kushner (born July 16, 1956) is an American playwright, author, and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1993 for his play Angels in America, then adapted it for HBO in 2003. He co-authored the screenplay for the 2005 film Munich, and he wrote the screenplay for the 2012 film Lincoln. Both were critically acclaimed, and he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for each. He received a National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in 2013.[1] Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Political views 4 Personal life 5 List of works 5.1 Plays 5.2 Books 5.3 Essays 5.4 Other works 6 Interviews 7 Awards and nominations 8 See also 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External links Early life and education[edit] Kushner protesting at Columbia University in 1978 Kushner was born in Manhattan, the son of Sylvia (née Deutscher), a bassoonist, and William David Kushner, a clarinetist and conductor.[2][3] His family is Jewish, descended from immigrants from Russia and Poland.[4][5][6][7][8] Shortly after his birth, Kushner's parents moved to Lake Charles, Louisiana, the seat of Calcasieu Parish where he spent his childhood. During high school Kushner was active in policy debate. In 1974, Kushner moved back to New York to begin his undergraduate college education at Columbia University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Medieval Studies in 1978.[9] He attended the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, graduating in 1984. During graduate school, he spent the summers of 1978–1981 directing both early original works (Masque of the Owls and Incidents and Occurrences During the Travels of the Tailor Max) and plays by Shakespeare (A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest) starring the children attending the Governor's Program for Gifted Children (GPGC) in Lake Charles. Kushner has received several honorary degrees: in 2003 from Columbia College Chicago;[10] in 2006 an honorary doctorate from Brandeis University, in 2008 an honorary Doctor of Letters from SUNY Purchase College,[11] in May 2011 an honorary doctorate from CUNY's John Jay College of Criminal Justice and also an Honorary Doctorate from The New School,[12] and in May 2015, an honorary Doctor of Letters from Ithaca College.[13][14] Career[edit] Kushner's best known work is Angels in America (a play in two parts: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika), a seven-hour epic about the AIDS epidemic in Reagan-era New York, which was later adapted into an HBO miniseries for which Kushner wrote the screenplay. His other plays include Hydriotaphia, 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. His new translation of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children was performed at the Delacorte Theater in the summer of 2006, starring Meryl Streep and directed by George C. Wolfe. Kushner has also adapted Brecht's The Good Person of Szechwan, Corneille's The Illusion, and S. Ansky's play The Dybbuk. In the early 2000s, Kushner began writing for film. His co-written screenplay Munich was produced and directed by Steven Spielberg in 2005. In January 2006, a documentary feature about Kushner entitled Wrestling With Angels debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. The film was directed by Freida Lee Mock. In April 2011 it was announced that he was working with Spielberg again, writing the screenplay for an adaptation of historian Doris Kearns Goodwin's book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.[15] The screenplay for Lincoln would go on to receive multiple awards, in addition to nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay at the Golden Globes and The Oscars.[16] In a 2015 interview actress/producer Viola Davis revealed she had hired Kushner to write an as yet untitled biopic about the life of Barbara Jordan that she planned to star in.[17] In 2016, Kushner worked on a screenplay version of August Wilson's play Fences; the resulting film Fences, directed by Denzel Washington, was released in December 2016. Kushner is famous for frequent revisions and years-long gestations of his plays. Both Angels in America: Perestroika and Homebody/Kabul were significantly revised even after they were first published. Kushner has admitted that the original script version of Angels in America: Perestroika is nearly double the length of the theatrical version.[18] His newest completed work, the play The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures, began as a novel more than a decade before said work finally opened on May 15, 2009. In 2018, it was announced that Kushner was working on a script of a remake of West Side Story for Spielberg to direct.[19] Political views[edit] Kushner speaking at the University of Maryland in 2011. Kushner's criticism of Israel's treatment of the Palestinians and of the increased religious extremism in Israeli politics and culture has created some controversy with U.S. Jews,[20] including some opposition to his receiving an honorary doctorate at the 2006 commencement of Brandeis University. The Zionist Organization of America unsuccessfully lobbied the university to rescind its invitation to Kushner.[21] During the controversy, quotes critical of Zionism and Israel made by Kushner were circulated. Kushner said at the time that his quotes were "grossly mischaracterized." Kushner told the Jewish Advocate in an interview, "All that anybody seems to be reading is a couple of right-wing Web sites taking things deliberately out of context and excluding anything that would complicate the picture by making me seem like a reasonable person, which I basically think I am."[22] In an interview with the Jewish Independent, Kushner commented, "I want the state of Israel to continue to exist. I've always said that. I've never said anything else. My positions have been lied about and misrepresented in so many ways. People claim that I'm for a one-state solution, which is not true." However, he later stated that he hopes that "there might be a merging of the two countries because [they're] geographically kind of ridiculous looking on a map," although he acknowledged that political realities make this unlikely in the near future.[23] Kushner has even received backlash from family members due to his political views of Israel.[24] Kushner receiving a National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama, 2013 On May 2, 2011, the Board of Trustees[25] of the City University of New York (CUNY), at their monthly public meeting, voted to remove (by tabling to avoid debate) Kushner's name from the list of people invited to receive honorary degrees, based on a statement by trustee Jeffrey S. Wiesenfeld about Kushner's purported statements and beliefs about Zionism and Israel.[26][27] In response, the CUNY Graduate Center Advocate began a live blog on the "Kushner Crisis" situation, including news coverage and statements of support from faculty and academics.[28] Three days later, CUNY issued a public statement that the Board is independent.[29] On May 6, three previous honorees stated they intended to return their degrees: Barbara Ehrenreich, Michael Cunningham and Ellen Schrecker.[11] Wiesenfeld said that if Kushner would renounce his anti-Israel statements in front of the board of trustees, he would be willing to vote for him.[30] The same day, the board of trustees moved to reverse its decision.[31] Kushner accepted the honorary doctorate at the June 3 graduation for the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.[32] Kushner was quoted in the 2010 book It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs on page 76. His six-word memoir was "At least I never voted Republican." Personal life[edit] Kushner and his partner, Mark Harris, held a commitment ceremony in April 2003,[33] the first same-sex commitment ceremony to be featured in the Vows column of The New York Times.[34] Harris is an editor of Entertainment Weekly and author of Pictures at a Revolution – Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood. He is close friends with theatre director Michael Mayer, whom he met while studying at NYU.[35] In summer 2008, Kushner and Harris were legally married at the town hall in Provincetown, Massachusetts.[36] List of works[edit] Plays[edit] The Age of Assassins, New York, Newfoundland Theatre, 1982. La Fin de la Baleine: An Opera for the Apocalypse, New York, Ohio Theatre, 1983. The Heavenly Theatre, produced at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, 1984. The Umbrella Oracle, Martha's Vineyard, The Yard, Inc.. Last Gasp at the Cataract, Martha's Vineyard, The Yard, Inc., 1984. Yes, Yes, No, No: The Solace-of-Solstice, Apogee/Perigee, Bestial/Celestial Holiday Show, produced in St. Louis, Imaginary Theatre Company, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, 1985, published in Plays in Process, 1987. Stella (adapted from the play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe), produced in New York City, 1987. A Bright Room Called Day, first produced in New York, Theatre 22, April 1985. Published in Plays By Tony Kushner, Broadway Play Publishing Inc. In Great Eliza's Golden Time, produced in St. Louis, Missouri, Imaginary Theatre Company, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, 1986. Hydriotaphia, produced in New York City, 1987 (based on the life on Sir Thomas Browne) The Illusion (adapted from Pierre Corneille's play L'illusion comique; produced in New York City, 1988, revised version produced in Hartford, CT, 1990), Broadway Play Publishing Inc., 1991. In That Day (Lives of the Prophets), New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, 1989. (With Ariel Dorfman) Widows (adapted from a book by Ariel Dorfman), produced in Los Angeles, CA, 1991. Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Part One: Millennium Approaches (produced in San Francisco, 1991), Hern, 1992. Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Part Two: Perestroika, produced in New York City, 1992. Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes (includes both parts), Theatre Communications Group (New York, NY), 1995. Slavs!: Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness, Theatre Communications Group, 1995 & acting edition, Broadway Play Publishing Inc.. Reverse Transcription: Six Playwrights Bury a Seventh, A Ten-Minute Play That's Nearly Twenty Minutes Long, Louisville, Humana Festival of New American Plays, Actors Theatre of Louisville, March 1996. A Dybbuk, or Between Two Worlds (adapted from Joachim Neugroschel's translation of the original Yiddish play by S. Ansky; produced in New York City at the Joseph Papp Public Theater, 1997), Theatre Communications Group, 1997. The Good Person of Szechuan (adapted from the original play by Bertolt Brecht), Arcade, 1997. (With Eric Bogosian and others) Love's Fire: Seven New Plays Inspired by Seven Shakespearean Sonnets, Morrow, 1998. Terminating, or Lass Meine Schmerzen Nicht Verloren Sein, or Ambivalence, in Love's Fire, Minneapolis, Guthrie Theater Lab, January 7, 1998; New York: Joseph Papp Public Theater, June 19, 1998. Henry Box Brown, or the Mirror of Slavery, performed at the National Theatre, London, 1998. Homebody/Kabul, first performed in New York City, December 2001. Caroline, or Change (musical), first performed in New York at the Joseph Papp Public Theater, 2002. (Director) Ellen McLaughlin, Helen, produced at the Joseph Papp Public Theater, 2002. Only We Who Guard The Mystery Shall Be Unhappy, 2003. Translation with "liberties"—but purportedly "not an adaptation"—of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children (2006)[37] The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures Minneapolis, Guthrie Theater, 2009. Tiny Kushner, a performance of five shorter plays, premiered at the Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, 2009[38] The stage performance rights to most of these plays are licensed by Broadway Play Publishing Inc. Books[edit] A Meditation from Angels in America (1994) Harper, San Francisco, ISBN 0-06-251224-2 Thinking about the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness: Essays, a Play, Two Poems, and a Prayer (1995) Theatre Communications Group, New York, NY ISBN 1-55936-100-X Howard Cruse (1995) Stuck Rubber Baby, introduction by Kushner, Paradox Press, New York. ISBN 1-4012-2713-9 David B. Feinberg (1995) Queer and Loathing: Rants and Raves of a Raging AIDS Clone, introduction by Kushner, Penguin, New York. ISBN 0-14-024080-2 David Wojnarowicz (1996) The Waterfront Journals, edited by Amy Scholder, introduction by Kushner, Grove, New York. ISBN 0-8021-3504-8 "Three Screeds from Key West: For Larry Kramer," (1997) in We Must Love One Another or Die: The Life and Legacies of Larry Kramer, edited by Lawrence D. Mass, St. Martin's Press, New York, pp. 191–199. ISBN 0-312-22084-7 Moises Kaufman (1997) Gross Indecency, afterword by Kushner, Vintage, New York, pp. 135–143. ISBN 0-8222-1649-3 Plays by Tony Kushner (New York: Broadway Play Publishing, 1999), ISBN 0-88145-102-9. Includes: A Bright Room called Day (First published 1994) The Illusion, freely adapted from Pierre Corneille's L'Illusion comique Slavs!: Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness Death & Taxes: Hydrotaphia, and Other Plays, (1998) Theatre Communications Group (New York, NY), ISBN 1-55936-156-5. Includes: Reverse transcription Hydriotaphia: or the Death of Dr. Browne, (adaptation of Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial, a fictitious, imaginary account of Sir Thomas Browne's character not based upon fact) G. David Schine in Hell Notes on Akiba Terminating East Coast Ode to Howard Jarvis Brundibar, illustrated by Maurice Sendak, Hyperion Books for Children, 2003. Peter's Pixie, by Donn Kushner, illustrated by Sylvie Daigneault, introduction by Tony Kushner, Tundra Books, 2003 The Art of Maurice Sendak: 1980 to the Present, 2003 Save Your Democratic Citizen Soul!: Rants, Screeds, and Other Public Utterances Wrestling with Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, with Alisa Solomon, Grove, 2003. Essays[edit] "The Secrets of Angels". The New York Times, March 27, 1994, p. H5. "The State of the Theatre". Times Literary Supplement, April 28, 1995, p. 14. "The Theater of Utopia". Theater, 26 (1995): 9-11. "The Art of the Difficult". Civilization, 4 (August/September 1997): 62–67. "Notes About Political Theater," Kenyon Review, 19 (Summer/Fall 1997): 19–34. "Wings of Desire". Premiere, October 1997: 70. "Fo's Last Laugh--I". Nation, November 3, 1997: 4–5. "Matthew's Passion". Nation, November 9, 1998 "A Modest Proposal". American Theatre, January 1998: 20–22, 77–89. "A Word to Graduates: Organize!". Nation, July 1, 2002. "Only We Who Guard The Mystery Shall Be Unhappy". Nation, March 24, 2003. Other works[edit] La Fin de la Baleine: An Opera for the Apocalypse, (opera) – 1983 St. Cecilia or The Power of Music, (opera libretto based on Heinrich von Kleist's eighteenth-century story Die heilige Cäcilie oder Die Gewalt der Musik, Eine Legende) Brundibar, (an opera in collaboration with Maurice Sendak) Angels in America, a miniseries by Mike Nichols (2003) – teleplay Munich, a film by Steven Spielberg (2005) – screenplay (co-written by Eric Roth) Lincoln, a film by Steven Spielberg (2012) – screenplay Fences, a film by Denzel Washington (2016) – screenplay (uncredited, co-written by August Wilson), co-producer West Side Story, a film by Steven Spielberg (2021) – screenplay Interviews[edit] Gerard Raymond, "Q & A With Tony Kushner," Theatre Week (December 20–26, 1993): 14–20. Mark Marvel, "A Conversation with Tony Kushner," Interview, 24 (February 1994): 84. David Savran, "Tony Kushner," in Speaking on Stage: Interviews with Contemporary American Playwrights, edited by Philip C. Kolin and Colby H. Kullman (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1996), pp. 291–313. Robert Vorlicky, ed., Tony Kushner in Conversation (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1998). Victor Wishna, "Tony Kushner," in In Their Company: Portraits of American Playwrights, Photographs by Ken Collins, Interviews by Victor Wishna (New York: Umbrage Editions, 2006). Jesse Tisch, "The Perfectionist: An Interview with Tony Kushner," Secular Culture & Ideas 2009. Christopher Carbone, Q & A With Tony Kushner, L Style G Style, (May/June 2011): [1] Michał Hernes, "Kushner: Polityczna dusza Amerykanów została okaleczona" in Kushner: Polityczna dusza Amerykanów została okaleczona, May 17, 2012. Awards and nominations[edit] Awards 1990 Whiting Award 1993 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play – Angels in America: Millennium Approaches 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Drama – Angels in America: Millennium Approaches 1993 Tony Award for Best Play – Angels in America: Millennium Approaches 1994 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play – Angels in America: Perestroika 1994 Tony Award for Best Play – Angels in America: Perestroika 2002 PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for a playwright in mid-career 2004 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special, Angels in America 2007 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical – Caroline, or Change 2008 Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award 2011 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship[39] 2012 St. Louis Literary Award from the Saint Louis University Library Associates[40] 2012 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay – Lincoln 2012 Paul Selvin Award – Lincoln 2013 Elected Member, American Philosophical Society Nominations 2004 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical – Caroline, or Change 2004 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical – Caroline, or Change 2004 Tony Award for Best Original Score – Caroline, or Change 2005 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay – Munich 2005 Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay – Munich 2012 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay – Lincoln 2012 AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay – Lincoln 2012 BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay – Lincoln 2012 Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay – Lincoln 2012 Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay – Lincoln Other Evening Standard Award Obie Award New York Drama Critics' Circle American Academy of Arts and Letters Award Lila Wallace/Reader's Digest Fellowship National Foundation of Jewish Culture, Cultural Achievement award See also[edit] Broadway theatre Dramatic license LGBT culture in New York City List of self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers References[edit] ^ "White House to honor Star Wars' Lucas, playwright Kushner among others". washingtontimes.com. ^ Fisher, James (2001). The Theater of Tony Kushner: Living Past Hope. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-8153-3150-6. ^ "Sylvia Deutscher Kushner, Bassoonist, 65". The New York Times. August 29, 1990. ^ Miller, Gerri (October 23, 2014). "'Finding Your Roots' explores Jewish genealogy". Jewish Journal. Retrieved June 5, 2018. ^ Harris, Paul (May 5, 2011). "University snub for 'anti-Israel' playwright Tony Kushner". The Guardian. Retrieved June 5, 2018. ^ Berrin, Danielle (November 29, 2011). "Tony Kushner awarded $100,000 prize for challenging status quo". Jewish Journal. Retrieved June 5, 2018. ^ Kellaway, Kate (May 14, 2017). "Tony Kushner: 'To love someone puts you at the risk of loss'". The Guardian. Retrieved June 5, 2018. ^ Stated on Finding Your Roots, PBS, November 4, 2014 ^ "Tony Kushner". columbia.edu. ^ "Library". colum.edu. ^ a b Tony Kushner row deepens as supporters renounce honorary degrees, The Guardian, May 6, 2011 ^ "POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE". The New Yorker. June 6, 2011. ^ Ithaca College Honorary Degree Recipient Tony Kushner's Commencement Speech. YouTube. May 18, 2015. ^ "Commencement – Ithaca College" (PDF). ^ Yin, Maryann (May 14, 2011). "Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner To Adapt Team of Rivals". Mediabistro. Archived from the original on April 17, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011. ^ Lincoln, retrieved January 19, 2018 ^ SYME, RACHEL. "Viola Davis, on Finding Creative Space in TV With No Limitations". Retrieved August 27, 2015. ^ Lucas, Craig. "Tony Kushner", "BOMB Magazine", Spring, 1993. Retrieved July 25, 2011. ^ Jr, Mike Fleming (January 19, 2018). "Steven Spielberg Eyes Indiana Jones & 'West Side Story' Atop Next Directing Vehicles". Deadline. Retrieved January 19, 2018. ^ David Zax and Ted Merwin, (2007), The Playwright's Politics Moment Magazine ^ Angels in America ^ Shayndi Raice. "Brandeis graduation honoree draws fire." The Jewish Advocate. May 4, 2006. ^ Cynthia Ramsey (August 24, 2007). "Tony Kushner as film subject". Jewish Independent. Archived from the original on November 7, 2007. ^ David Zax and Ted Merwin (2007), The Playwright's Politics Moment Magazine ^ The Board of Trustees, UNY ^ Podcast: Board of Trustees Public Hearing, May 2, 2011 (1:04:00-1:14:00), CUNY, May 2, 2011 ^ Transcript of CUNY Trustee’s Speech on Kushner Award, The New York Times, May 6, 2011 ^ Kushner Crisis (blog) Archived May 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, CUNY GC Advocate ^ Statement on Honorary Degrees at the City University of New York, CUNY, May 5, 2011 ^ Shamir, Shlomo; Mozgovaya, Natasha (May 6, 2011). "CUNY trustee: Kushner must renounce anti-Israel statements to get honorary degree". Haaretz. Retrieved December 26, 2011. ^ Hu, Winnie (May 6, 2011). "After Reversal, Honor Is Likely for Kushner". The New York Times. ^ "Dramatist Alludes to Dispute as He Accepts CUNY Honor". New York Times. June 3, 2011. ^ Lois Smith Brady (May 4, 2003). "Weddings/Celebrations: Vows; Mark Harris and Tony Kushner". The New York Times. Retrieved December 21, 2008. ^ McCarter, Jeremy (May 28, 2009). "Tony Kushner's Day: The playwright at the heart of America's cultural moment". Newsweek. Retrieved May 5, 2011. ^ https://www.playbill.com/article/second-floor-of-sardis-a-drink-with-michael-mayer-com-171114 ^ Stockwell, Anne (October 8, 2012). "Love Stories: Tony Kushner and Mark Harris". Advocate. Retrieved October 12, 2012. ^ Jonathan Kalb (August 6, 2006). "Still Fearsome, Mother Courage Gets a Makeover". The New York Times. p. 2.4. Retrieved December 21, 2008. ^ "Tiny Kushner: An Evening of Short Plays". Guthrie Theater. Retrieved December 26, 2011. ^ Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship, official website. ^ "Saint Louis Literary Award – Saint Louis University". Further reading[edit] Contemporary Literary Criticism, Gale (Detroit), Volume 81, 1994. Bloom, Harold, ed., Tony Kushner, New York, Chelsea House, 2005. Brask, Anne, ed., "Ride on the Moon", Chicago, Randomhouse, 1990. Brask, Per K., ed., Essays on Kushner's Angels, Winnipeg, Blizzard Publishing, 1995. Dickinson, Peter. "Travels with Tony Kushner and David Beckham, 2002-2004." Theatre Journal, 57.3 (2005): 429–450.Fisher, James, The Theater of Tony Kushner, London, Routledge, 2002.[1] Fisher, James, ed., Tony Kushner. New Essays on the Art and Politics of His Plays, London, McFarland & Company, 2006. Geis, Deborah R., and Steven F. Kruger, Approaching the Millennium: Essays on Angels in America, University of Michigan Press, 1997. Klüßendorf, Ricarda, "The Great Work Begins". Tony Kushner's Theater for Change in America, Trier, WVT, 2007. Lioi, Anthony, "The Great Work Begins: Theater as Theurgy in Angels in America", in CrossCurrents, Fall 2004, Vol. 54, No 3 Solty, Ingar, "Tony Kushners amerikanischer Engel der Geschichte", in Das Argument 265, 2/2006, pp. 209–24 [2] Wolfe, Graham, "Tony Kushner's The Illusion and Comedy's 'Traversal of the Fantasy'." Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism 26.1 (2011): 45–64. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_dramatic_theory_and_criticism/v026/26.1.wolfe.html External links[edit] This article's use of external links may not follow Wikipedia's policies or guidelines. Please improve this article by removing excessive or inappropriate external links, and converting useful links where appropriate into footnote references. (July 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Media related to Tony Kushner at Wikimedia Commons Tony Kushner at the Internet Broadway Database Tony Kushner on IMDb Tony Kushner at the Internet Off-Broadway Database Tony Kushner on Charlie Rose Appearances on C-SPAN Works by or about Tony Kushner in libraries (WorldCat catalog) "Tony Kushner collected news and commentary". The New York Times. Tony Kushner collected news and commentary at The Guardian Tony Kushner collected news and commentary at The Jerusalem Post Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner documentary film website, and associated website at PBS POV Biography at the Steven Barclay Agency Profile and Production History at The Whiting Foundation Keynote Speech at 2013 Whiting Awards Tony Kushner: Homophobia's Reach, originally published by The Washington Post Tony Kushner on Ruslan Sharipov and Human Rights in Uzbekistan, Press Release, PEN American Center (2004) Finding aid to Tony Kushner papers at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Interviews Catherine Steindler (Summer 2012). "Tony Kushner, The Art of Theater No. 16". The Paris Review. Writing the Playwright, interview by Frederic Tuten, Guernicamag.com, June 2005 Interview with Tony Kushner, Craig Young, AfterElton.com, October 12, 2006 Of angels and agnostics, Steve Dow, SteveDow.com.au, undated "Tony Kushner on Abraham Lincoln and Modern Politics (with Bill Moyers)". Moyers & Company. December 21, 2012. Awards for Tony Kushner v t e Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay Bo Goldman (1980) Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn (1981) Barry Levinson (1982) Éric Rohmer (1983) Alex Cox (1984) Woody Allen (1985) Woody Allen (1986) James L. Brooks (1987) Ron Shelton (1988) Woody Allen (1989) Nicholas Kazan (1990) David Cronenberg (1991) Neil Jordan (1992) Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt (1993) Roger Avary and Quentin Tarantino (1994) Emma Thompson (1995) Joseph Tropiano and Stanley Tucci (1996) Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997) Scott Frank (1998) Charlie Kaufman (1999) Cameron Crowe / Steve Kloves (2000) Christopher Nolan (2001) Charlie and Donald Kaufman (2002) Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (2003) Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004) Dan Futterman (2005) William Monahan (2006) Brad Bird (2007) Dustin Lance Black (2008) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2009) Aaron Sorkin (2010) Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin (2011) Tony Kushner (2012) Nicole Holofcener (2013) Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. and Armando Bo / Richard Linklater (2014) Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015) Kenneth Lonergan (2016) Greta Gerwig (2017) Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty (2018) Quentin Tarantino (2019) Charlie Kaufman (2020) v t e Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay William Monahan (2006) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007) Simon Beaufoy (2008) Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (2009) Aaron Sorkin (2010) Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin (2011) Tony Kushner (2012) John Ridley (2013) Gillian Flynn (2014) Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (2015) Seo-Kyung Chung and Park Chan-wook (2016) James Ivory (2017) Barry Jenkins (2018) Greta Gerwig (2019) Chloé Zhao (2020) v t e Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay Screenplay (1995–1996, 2001–2008) Emma Thompson (1995) Anthony Minghella (1996) Christopher Nolan (2001) Charlie Kaufman (2002) Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan, and Naomi Sheridan (2003) Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004) Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco (2005) Michael Arndt (2006) Diablo Cody (2007) Simon Beaufoy (2008) Original Screenplay (1997–2000, 2009–present) Matt Damon and Ben Affleck (1997) Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman (1998) Alan Ball (1999) Cameron Crowe (2000) Quentin Tarantino (2009) David Seidler (2010) Woody Allen (2011) Quentin Tarantino (2012) Spike Jonze (2013) Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo (2014) Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015) Damien Chazelle / Kenneth Lonergan (2016) Jordan Peele (2017) Paul Schrader (2018) Quentin Tarantino (2019) Adapted Screenplay (1997–2000, 2009–present) Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997) Scott Smith (1998) Frank Darabont (1999) Stephen Gaghan (2000) Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (2009) Aaron Sorkin (2010) Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, and Stan Chervin (2011) Tony Kushner (2012) John Ridley (2013) Gillian Flynn (2014) Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (2015) Eric Heisserer (2016) James Ivory (2017) Barry Jenkins (2018) Greta Gerwig (2019) v t e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special Saul Levitt / Marvin Schwarz and Tracy Keenan Wynn (1971) William Blinn / Allan Sloane (1972) Eleanor Perry / Abby Mann (1973) Tracy Keenan Wynn / Fay Kanin (1974) David W. Rintels / James Costigan (1975) David W. Rintels / James Costigan (1976) Stewart Stern / Lane Slate (1977) Caryl Ledner / George Rubino (1978) Michael Mann and Patrick Nolan (1979) David Chase (1980) Arthur Miller (1981) Barry Morrow (1982) Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick (1983) William Hanley (1984) Vickie Patik (1985) Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman, Sherman Yellen and David Butler (1986) Kenneth Blackwell, Tennyson Flowers and Richard Friedenberg (1987) William Hanley (1988) Ron Hutchison, Abby Mann and Robin Vote (1989) Terrence McNally (1990) Andrew Davies (1991) Joshua Brand and John Falsey (1992) Jane Anderson (1993) Bob Randall (1994) Alison Cross (1995) Simon Moore (1996) Horton Foote (1997) Kario Salem (1998) Ann Peacock (1999) David Mills and David Simon (2000) Loring Mandel (2001) Larry Ramin and Hugh Whitemore (2002) William H. Macy and Steven Schachter (2003) Tony Kushner (2004) Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (2005) Richard Curtis (2006) Frank Deasy (2007) Kirk Ellis (2008) Andrew Davies (2009) Adam Mazer (2010) Julian Fellowes (2011) Danny Strong (2012) Abi Morgan (2013) Steven Moffat (2014) Jane Anderson (2015) D.V. DeVincentis (2016) Charlie Brooker (2017) William Bridges and Charlie Brooker (2018) Craig Mazin (2019) Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson (2020) v t e Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Screenplay Diablo Cody (2007) Simon Beaufoy (2008) Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (2009) Aaron Sorkin (2010) Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (2011) Tony Kushner (2012) John Ridley (2013) Richard Linklater (2014) Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015) Taylor Sheridan (2016) Greta Gerwig (2017) Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (2018) Rian Johnson (2019) v t e National Medal of Arts recipients (2010s) 2010 Robert Brustein Van Cliburn Mark di Suvero Donald Hall Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Quincy Jones Harper Lee Sonny Rollins Meryl Streep James Taylor 2011 Will Barnet Rita Dove Al Pacino Emily Rauh Pulitzer Martin Puryear Mel Tillis United Service Organization (USO) André Watts 2012 Herb Alpert Lin Arison Joan Myers Brown Renée Fleming Ernest Gaines Ellsworth Kelly Tony Kushner George Lucas Elaine May Laurie Olin Allen Toussaint Washington Performing Arts Society 2013 Julia Alvarez Brooklyn Academy of Music Joan Harris Bill T. Jones John Kander Jeffrey Katzenberg Maxine Hong Kingston Albert Maysles Linda Ronstadt Billie Tsien & Tod Williams James Turrell 2014 John Baldessari Ping Chong Míriam Colón The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Sally Field Ann Hamilton Stephen King Meredith Monk George Shirley University Musical Society Tobias Wolff 2015 Mel Brooks Sandra Cisneros Eugene O'Neill Theater Center Morgan Freeman Philip Glass Berry Gordy Santiago Jiménez Jr. Moises Kaufman Ralph Lemon Audra McDonald Luis Valdez Jack Whitten 2019 Alison Krauss Sharon Percy Rockefeller The Musicians of the United States Military Jon Voight Complete list 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s v t e National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay 1967–2000 David Newman and Robert Benton (1967) John Cassavetes (1968) Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker (1969) Éric Rohmer (1970) Penelope Gilliatt (1971) Ingmar Bergman (1972) George Lucas, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck (1973) Ingmar Bergman (1974) Robert Towne and Warren Beatty (1975) Alain Tanner and John Berger (1976) Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman (1977) Paul Mazursky (1978) Steve Tesich (1979) Bo Goldman (1980) John Guare (1981) Murray Schisgal and Larry Gelbart (1982) Bill Forsyth (1983) Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel and Bruce Jay Friedman (1984) Albert Brooks and Monica Johnson (1985) Hanif Kureishi (1986) John Boorman (1987) Ron Shelton (1988) Gus Van Sant and Daniel Yost (1989) Charles Burnett (1990) David Cronenberg (1991) David Webb Peoples (1992) Jane Campion (1993) Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary (1994) Amy Heckerling (1995) Albert Brooks and Monica Johnson (1996) Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997) Scott Frank (1998) Charlie Kaufman (1999) Kenneth Lonergan (2000) 2001–present Julian Fellowes (2001) Ronald Harwood (2002) Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (2003) Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004) Noah Baumbach (2005) Peter Morgan (2006) Tamara Jenkins (2007) Mike Leigh (2008) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2009) Aaron Sorkin (2010) Asghar Farhadi (2011) Tony Kushner (2012) Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Julie Delpy (2013) Wes Anderson (2014) Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015) Kenneth Lonergan (2016) Greta Gerwig (2017) Armando Iannucci, David Schneider and Ian Martin (2018) Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won (2019) Eliza Hittman (2020) v t e New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay James Poe, John Farrow and S. J. Perelman (1956) No Award (1957) Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith (1958) Wendell Mayes (1959) I. A. L. Diamond and Billy Wilder (1960) Abby Mann (1961) No Award (1962) Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. (1963) Harold Pinter (1964) No Award (1965) Robert Bolt (1966) David Newman and Robert Benton (1967) Lorenzo Semple Jr. (1968) Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker (1969) Éric Rohmer (1970) Larry McMurtry and Peter Bogdanovich / Penelope Gilliatt (1971) Ingmar Bergman (1972) George Lucas, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck (1973) Ingmar Bergman (1974) François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman and Jean Gruault (1975) Paddy Chayefsky (1976) Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman (1977) Paul Mazursky (1978) Steve Tesich (1979) Bo Goldman (1980) John Guare (1981) Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal (1982) Bill Forsyth (1983) Robert Benton (1984) Woody Allen (1985) Hanif Kureishi (1986) James L. Brooks (1987) Ron Shelton (1988) Gus Van Sant and Daniel Yost (1989) Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1990) David Cronenberg (1991) Neil Jordan (1992) Jane Campion (1993) Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary (1994) Emma Thompson (1995) Albert Brooks and Monica Johnson (1996) Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997) Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard (1998) Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (1999) Kenneth Lonergan (2000) Julian Fellowes (2001) Charlie and Donald Kaufman (2002) Craig Lucas (2003) Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004) Noah Baumbach (2005) Peter Morgan (2006) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007) Jenny Lumet (2008) Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche (2009) Stuart Blumberg and Lisa Cholodenko (2010) Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin (2011) Tony Kushner (2012) Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell (2013) Wes Anderson (2014) Phyllis Nagy (2015) Kenneth Lonergan (2016) Paul Thomas Anderson (2017) Paul Schrader (2018) Quentin Tarantino (2019) Eliza Hittman (2020) v t e Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Authors Jesse Lynch Williams (1918) Eugene O'Neill (1920) Zona Gale (1921) Eugene O'Neill (1922) Owen Davis (1923) Hatcher Hughes (1924) Sidney Howard (1925) George Kelly (1926) Paul Green (1927) Eugene O'Neill (1928) Elmer Rice (1929) Marc Connelly (1930) Susan Glaspell (1931) George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind and Ira Gershwin (1932) Maxwell Anderson (1933) Sidney Kingsley (1934) Zoe Akins (1935) Robert E. Sherwood (1936) Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman (1937) Thornton Wilder (1938) Robert E. Sherwood (1939) William Saroyan (1940) Robert E. Sherwood (1941) Thornton Wilder (1943) Mary Chase (1945) Russel Crouse and Howard Lindsay (1946) Tennessee Williams (1948) Arthur Miller (1949) Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan (1950) Joseph Kramm (1952) William Inge (1953) John Patrick (1954) Tennessee Williams (1955) Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich (1956) Eugene O'Neill (1957) Ketti Frings (1958) Archibald MacLeish (1959) Jerome Weidman, George Abbott, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick (1960) Tad Mosel (1961) Frank Loesser and Abe Burrows (1962) Frank D. Gilroy (1965) Edward Albee (1967) Howard Sackler (1969) Charles Gordone (1970) Paul Zindel (1971) Jason Miller (1973) Edward Albee (1975) Michael Bennett, Nicholas Dante, James Kirkwood Jr., Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban (1976) Michael Cristofer (1977) Donald L. Coburn (1978) Sam Shepard (1979) Lanford Wilson (1980) Beth Henley (1981) Charles Fuller (1982) Marsha Norman (1983) David Mamet (1984) James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim (1985) August Wilson (1987) Alfred Uhry (1988) Wendy Wasserstein (1989) August Wilson (1990) Neil Simon (1991) Robert Schenkkan (1992) Tony Kushner (1993) Edward Albee (1994) Horton Foote (1995) Jonathan Larson (1996) Paula Vogel (1998) Margaret Edson (1999) Donald Margulies (2000) David Auburn (2001) Suzan-Lori Parks (2002) Nilo Cruz (2003) Doug Wright (2004) John Patrick Shanley (2005) David Lindsay-Abaire (2007) Tracy Letts (2008) Lynn Nottage (2009) Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey (2010) Bruce Norris (2011) Quiara Alegría Hudes (2012) Ayad Akhtar (2013) Annie Baker (2014) Stephen Adly Guirgis (2015) Lin-Manuel Miranda (2016) Lynn Nottage (2017) Martyna Majok (2018) Jackie Sibblies Drury (2019) Michael R. Jackson (2020) v t e San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Todd Field and Tom Perrotta (2006) Sarah Polley (2007) Peter Morgan (2008) Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach (2009) Aaron Sorkin (2010) Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan (2011) Tony Kushner (2012) John Ridley (2013) Paul Thomas Anderson (2014) Nick Hornby (2015) Eric Heisserer (2016) James Ivory (2017) Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee (2018) Taika Waititi (2019) Kelly Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond (2020) v t e St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay Screenplay 2004–2009 Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004) Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry (2005) Peter Morgan (2006) Diablo Cody (2007) Peter Morgan (2008) Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (2009) Original Screenplay 2010–present David Seidler (2010) Michel Hazanavicius (2011) Mark Boal (2012) Spike Jonze (2013) Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo (2014) Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015) Taylor Sheridan (2016) Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor (2017) Adam McKay (2018) Noah Baumbach (2019) Emerald Fennell (2020) Adapted Screenplay 2010–present Aaron Sorkin (2010) Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (2011) Tony Kushner / David O. Russell (2012) John Ridley (2013) Gillian Flynn (2014) Drew Goddard (2015) Whit Stillman (2016) Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (2017) Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel and Kevin Willmott (2018) Steven Zaillian (2019) Charlie Kaufman (2020) v t e Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Adapted Chris Gerolmo (1996) William Blinn (1997) Anne Meredith (1998) James Henerson (1999) David Black (2000) John Logan (2001) Kirk Ellis (2002) Bruce C. McKenna (2003) Anne Meredith (2004) Tony Kushner (2005) Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (2006) No Award (2007) Ken Nolan (2008) Kirk Ellis (2009) Michael Strobl and Ross Katz (2010) Robert Schenkkan and Michelle Ashford (2011) Peter Gould (2012) Danny Strong (2013) Shawn Slovo (2014) Steve Blackman, Bob DeLaurentis, Noah Hawley, Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolpert (2015) Scott Alexander, Joe Robert Cole, D.V. DeVincentis, Maya Forbes, Larry Karaszewski and Wally Wolodarsky (2016) David E. Kelley (2017) Maggie Cohn and Tom Rob Smith (2018) Debora Cahn, Joel Fields, Ike Holter, Thomas Kail, Steven Levenson, Charlotte Stoudt and Tracey Scott Wilson (2019) Authority control BNE: XX1726718 BNF: cb12520766k (data) GND: 11954105X ISNI: 0000 0001 1476 6523 LCCN: n86061581 NDL: 00514423 NKC: xx0048610 NLI: 000079611 NTA: 143379186 PLWABN: 9810561184605606 SELIBR: 245051 SUDOC: 034453245 VIAF: 85608678 WorldCat Identities: lccn-n86061581 ^ Dickinson, Peter (January 1, 2005). "Travels with Tony Kushner and David Beckham, 2002–2004". Theatre Journal. 57 (3): 429–450. doi:10.1353/tj.2005.0096. JSTOR 25069672. S2CID 154406689. 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