Tony Kushner

Tony Kushner (born July 16, 1956) is an award-winning American playwright most famous for his play Angels in America.

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July 16 - 1956 - American - Angels in America

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He was born to a Jewish family in Manhattan, but his parents, William and Sylvia (Deutscher) Kushner, both classically trained musicians, moved to Lake Charles, Louisiana shortly after his birth. Kushner moved to New York in 1974 to begin his undergraduate college education at Columbia University, where he completed a B.A. in English literature in 1978. He studied directing at New York University's Graduate School, where he graduated in 1984.

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Jewish - Manhattan - Lake Charles, Louisiana - Columbia University - New York University

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In April 2003 he and his long-time partner, magazine editor Mark Harris, had a wedding ceremony in New York.

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