Tony Kushner

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Born	July 16, 1956 (age 68) • 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” • “Mother Courage and Her Children” • “Munich” • “Slavs!” • “The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures”

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American playwright

Edward Albee

Edward Albee

American author

Suzan-Lori Parks

Suzan-Lori Parks

American playwright

Archibald MacLeish

American author, educator, and public official

James Kirkwood

American actor and author

Tracy Letts

Tracy Letts

American actor and playwright

Russel Crouse

American dramatist

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Joshua Logan

American director and producer

David Mamet, 2004.

David Mamet

American author

Neil Simon

Neil Simon

American dramatist

Connelly, Marc

Marc Connelly

American playwright

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

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

Bette Midler

American actress and singer

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