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3 unusual facts about Tony Kushner


Caucus for a New Political Science

The CNPS has also issued political positions outside of APSA as a signatory on several national campaigns defending intellectuals and artists experiencing public criticism and controversy such as Tony Kushner, Rashid Khalidi and Frances Fox Piven.

Clare Holman

She played Harper in the Royal National Theatre's production of Tony Kushner's Angels in America in November 1993.

Traditions of Intolerance

Traditions of intolerance: Historical Perspectives on Fascism and Race Discourse in Britain is a book edited by Tony Kushner and Kenneth Lunn.


Alicia Svigals

As a composer for the group, she provided music for the play A Dybbuk by Tony Kushner, and collaborations with poet Allen Ginsburg and Israeli singer Chava Alberstein.

Kevin Bleyer

He also had an internship at New York's Public Theater, where he assisted playwright Anna Deavere Smith and performed dramaturgical duties with playwright Tony Kushner.

L'Illusion Comique

The play has enjoyed renewed popularity in recent years, since Tony Kushner adapted it as The Illusion.

National Poetry Month

Hosted each year by the two-time Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep, the event has featured readings by Liam Neeson, Tony Kushner, Maya Lin, Sam Waterston, Suzan-Lori Parks, Minnie Driver, Dan Rather, Agnes Gund, Frank Rich, Diane von Furstenberg, Wynton Marsalis, Alan Alda, Wendy Whelan, Mike Wallace, Dianne Wiest, Oliver Sacks, Gloria Vanderbilt, William Wegman, and Christopher Durang, among others.

Raffi Boghosian

He has interviewed such notable people as sports stars Cristiano Ronaldo and David Beckham and media stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emma Stone, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Al Pacino, Larry King, Tony Kushner and John Gatins.

Robert Gober

In 2013, the Hammer Museum honored Gober along with playwright Tony Kushner at its 11th Annual Gala in the Garden, with Gober being introduced by fellow artist Charles Ray.

Teatre Nacional de Catalunya

On November 12, 1996 it opened with Àngels a Amèrica (Angels in America) by Tony Kushner, and directed by Josep Maria Flotats.

The Jewish Americans

The series was narrated by Liev Schreiber, and featured many well-known American Jews, including Louis D. Brandeis, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Henry Morgenthau, Hank Greenberg, Betty Friedan, Molly Goldberg, Carl Reiner, Sid Caesar, and Tony Kushner.

Waleed Zuaiter

He also has starred in David Greig's The American Pilot at the Manhattan Theatre Club, Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul, Ilan Hatsor's Masked, Eliam Kraiem's Sixteen Wounded, and Victoria Brittain and Gillian Slovo's Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom.


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