Live: Playwright Tony Kushner at Syracuse University

Kushner is best known for his two-part epic, “Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes.” His other plays include “A Bright Room Called Day;” “Slavs!”; “Hydriotaphia”; “Homebody/Kabul”; and “Caroline, or Change,” the musical for which he wrote book and lyrics. He wrote the screenplays for Mike Nichols’ film of “Angels in America,” and Steven Spielberg’s “Munich,” as well as Spielberg’s movie Lincoln. Kushner is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, an Emmy Award, two Tony Awards, three Obie Awards, an Oscar nomination, an Arts Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the PEN/Laura Pels Award for a Mid-Career Playwright, a Spirit of Justice Award from the Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, and a Cultural Achievement Award from The National Foundation for Jewish Culture, among many others. In 2008, Kushner became the first recipient of the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award, the largest theater award in the U.S.

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