Tony Kushner

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

Books by the Author

• A Meditation from Angels in America, HarperSan Francisco, 1994.
• Thinking about the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness: Essays, a Play, Two Poems, and a Prayer, Theatre Communications Group (New York, NY), 1995.
• Howard Cruse, Stuck Rubber Baby, introduction by Kushner (New York: Paradox Press, 1995).
• David B. Feinberg, Queer and Loathing: Rants and Raves of a Raging AIDS Clone, introduction by Kushner (New York: Penguin, 1995).
• David Wojnarowicz, The Waterfront Journals, edited by Amy Scholder, introduction by Kushner (New York: Grove, 1996).
• "Three Screeds from Key West: For Larry Kramer," in We Must Love One Another or Die: The Life and Legacies of Larry Kramer, edited by Lawrence D. Mass (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997), pp. 191-199.
• Moises Kaufman, Gross Indecency, afterword by Kushner (New York: Vintage, 1997), pp. 135-143.
• Plays by Tony Kushner (New York: Broadway Play Publishing, 1999). Includes:
• A Bright Room called Day
• The Illusion
• Slavs! Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness
• Death & Taxes: Hydriotaphia, and Other Plays, Theatre Communications Group (New York, NY), 2000. Includes:
• Reverse transcription
• Hydriotaphia: or the Death of Dr. Browne, (adaptation of Hydriotaphia, Urn_Burial (A fictitious, imaginary account of Sir Thomas Browne's character not based upon fact)
• G. David Schine in Hell
• Notes on Akiba
• Terminating
• East Coast Ode to Howard Jarvis
• Disraeli's Jewishness, ed. with Todd M. Endelman, 2002
• Brundibar, illustrated by Maurice Sendak, Hyperion Books for Children, 2003.
• The Art of Maurice Sendak: 1980 to the Present, 2003
• Save Your Democratic Soul!: Rants, Screeds, and Other Public Utterances
• Wrestling with Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, with Alisa Solomon, Grove, 2003.