Tony Kushner is one of the most lauded American playwrights, primarily known for his Pulitzer-Prize-winning magnum opus, Angels in America. His work is informed by his identity as a Jewish man, a homosexual, a leftist, and a deeply thoughtful intellectual.
Born in New York City in 1956 to William, a clarinetist, and Sylvia, a bassoonist, Kushner grew up loving music and literature. The family moved to Lake Charles, Louisiana; of his 1960s childhood, Kushner remembered, “Threats of nuclear annihilation aside, I had a happyish childhood. Our old house was filled with books and music, and was situated on a lot surrounded by semi-tropical forest. The woods were beautiful, mysterious and...
