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Born July 16, 1956 (age 70) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Tony Awards • Pulitzer Prize • National Medal of Arts (2013)
Notable Works “A Bright Room Called Day” • “Angels in America” • “Lincoln” • “Mother Courage and Her Children” • “Munich” • “Slavs!” • “The Fabelmans” • “The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures” • “West Side Story”

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Tony Kushner
Angels in America: Perestroika
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Russel Crouse
American dramatist
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Wendy Wasserstein
American playwright
Edward Albee stands outside a theater at night, holding a folder, with theater signs for
Edward Albee
American author
Suzan-Lori Parks, 2006
Suzan-Lori Parks
American playwright
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Archibald MacLeish
American author, educator, and public official
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James Kirkwood
American actor and author
Tracy Letts wearing a tuxedo and glasses, smiling and holding his Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play, standing in front of a Tony Awards backdrop.
Tracy Letts
American actor and playwright
Lynn Nottage, 2018
Lynn Nottage
American playwright
Umeki, Miyoshi; Buttons, Red: Sayonara
Joshua Logan
American director and producer
David Mamet wearing glasses and a gray jacket over a black shirt, shown from the shoulders up with a neutral expression.
David Mamet
American author
Neil Simon
Neil Simon
American dramatist
Connelly, Marc
Marc Connelly
American playwright
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George S. Kaufman
American playwright and journalist
William Saroyan.
William Saroyan
American author
Abbott, George
George Abbott
American director
Moss Hart
Moss Hart
American playwright
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Jason Miller
American actor and playwright
June Jordan.
June Jordan
American author
W.H. Auden
W. H. Auden
British poet
Julie Taymor
Julie Taymor
American director, playwright, and costume designer

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