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Tony Kushner(I)

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  • Actor
  • Producer
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Tony Kushner
Bringing together the best of both Broadway and Hollywood, the film’s creative team includes Kushner, who also serves as an executive producer; Tony Award® winner Justin Peck, who choreographed the musical numbers in the film; renowned Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor and GRAMMY Award® winner Gustavo Dudamel, who helmed the recording of the iconic score; Academy Award®-nominated composer and conductor David Newman (“Anastasia”), who arranged the score; Tony Award®-winning composer Jeanine Tesori (“Fun Home,” “Thoroughly Modern Millie”), who supervised the cast on vocals; and Grammy®-nominated music supervisor Matt Sullivan (“Beauty and the Beast,” “Chicago”), who served as executive music producer for the film. The film is produced by Spielberg, Academy Award®-nominated producer Kristie Macosko Krieger and Tony Award®-winning producer Kevin McCollum. “West Side Story” has been adapted for the screen from the original 1957 Broadway show, with book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and concept, direction and choreography by Jerome Robbins
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Tony Kushner's play "Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes" earned him the Pulitzer Prize, among many other awards. His other acclaimed plays include "Slavs", "Homebody/Kabul" and "Caroline, or Change". He has collaborated with children's author and illustrator Maurice Sendak on several books. In 2003, Kushner married his boyfriend, Mark Harris, editor at large of Entertainment Weekly; they were the first gay couple to be featured in The New York Times' "Vows" column.
BornJuly 16, 1956
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BornJuly 16, 1956
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  • Nominated for 4 Oscars
    • 26 wins & 89 nominations total

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Tony Kushner in Charlie Rose (1991)
Freida Lee Mock and Tony Kushner in Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner (2006)
Tony Kushner in Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner (2006)
Tony Kushner in Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner (2006)
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Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner
Daniel Day-Lewis, Bradley Cooper, and Tony Kushner
Tony Kushner and Lena Dunham
John Hawkes and Tony Kushner
Steven Spielberg, Amy Adams, and Tony Kushner

Known for:

Rachel Zegler and Ansel Elgort in West Side Story (2021)
West Side Story
7.2
  • Writer
  • 2021
Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln (2012)
Lincoln
7.3
  • Writer
  • 2012
Eric Bana in Munich (2005)
Munich
7.5
  • Writer
  • 2005
Steven Spielberg, Judd Hirsch, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Michelle Williams, Keeley Karsten, Tony Kushner, Birdie Borria, Alina Brace, Sophia Kopera, Mateo Zoryan, Gabriel LaBelle, Chloe East, and Julia Butters in The Fabelmans (2022)
The Fabelmans
7.6
  • Writer
  • 2022

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Writer

  • The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara
    • screenplay
    • Pre-production
    • 2026
  • Steven Spielberg, Judd Hirsch, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Michelle Williams, Keeley Karsten, Tony Kushner, Birdie Borria, Alina Brace, Sophia Kopera, Mateo Zoryan, Gabriel LaBelle, Chloe East, and Julia Butters in The Fabelmans (2022)
    The Fabelmans
    • written by
    • 2022
  • Angels (2022)
    Angels
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Rachel Zegler and Ansel Elgort in West Side Story (2021)
    West Side Story
    • screenplay by
    • 2021
  • Angels in America (2021)
    Angels in America
    • play
    • TV Movie
    • 2021
  • The Great Work Begins. Scenes from Angels in America (2020)
    The Great Work Begins. Scenes from Angels in America
    • play
    • TV Movie
    • 2020
  • Brundibar (2019)
    Brundibar
    • translation and adaptation
    • Video
    • 2019
  • National Theatre Live: Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika (2017)
    National Theatre Live: Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika
    • by
    • 2017
  • Angels in America: Part I - Millennium Approaches (2017)
    Angels in America: Part I - Millennium Approaches
    • by
    • 2017
  • Fifty Years on Stage (2013)
    Fifty Years on Stage
    • written by (segment Angels in America)
    • TV Movie
    • 2013
  • Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln (2012)
    Lincoln
    • screenplay by
    • 2012
  • Eric Bana in Munich (2005)
    Munich
    • screenplay
    • 2005
  • Angels in America: The Opera
    • based on the play by
    • TV Movie
    • 2004
  • Al Pacino and Emma Thompson in Angels in America (2003)
    Angels in America
    • play
    • teleplay
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2003
  • American Playhouse
    American Playhouse
    • play "Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes"
    • TV Series
    • 1993

Actor

  • West Wing Week (2010)
    West Wing Week
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • The Great New Wonderful (2005)
    The Great New Wonderful
    • Tony Kushner
    • 2005
  • Al Pacino and Emma Thompson in Angels in America (2003)
    Angels in America
    • Rabbi on Bench #1 (uncredited)
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2003

Producer

  • Steven Spielberg, Judd Hirsch, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Michelle Williams, Keeley Karsten, Tony Kushner, Birdie Borria, Alina Brace, Sophia Kopera, Mateo Zoryan, Gabriel LaBelle, Chloe East, and Julia Butters in The Fabelmans (2022)
    The Fabelmans
    • producer (produced by, p.g.a)
    • 2022
  • Rachel Zegler and Ansel Elgort in West Side Story (2021)
    West Side Story
    • executive producer
    • 2021
  • Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in Fences (2016)
    Fences
    • co-producer
    • 2016
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The Royal Road
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The Royal Road
Theater of War
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Theater of War
Making The Boys
Trailer 2:32
Making The Boys
"Unite" TV Spot
Promo 2:01
"Unite" TV Spot
What We Know About 'West Side Story' ... So Far
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What We Know About 'West Side Story' ... So Far

Personal details

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  • Height
    • 6′ 1½″ (1.87 m)
  • Born
    • July 16, 1956
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Spouse
    • Mark HarrisApril 27, 2003 - present
  • Other works
    His play, "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika," was performed in Chicago, Illinois with Barbara Robertson and Jonathan Hadary in the cast. The crew included Michael Mayer (director), Brian MacDevitt (lighting designer), Michael Philip Ward (original incidental music), and Rob Milburn (sound designer).
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    • 5 Interviews
    • 9 Articles
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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  • Trivia
    Brandeis University awarded him an honorary Doctorate in 2006. This decision was the source of some controversy among some conservative members of the Brandeis student body, faculty, staff, and alumni who objected to Kushner because they perceived his co-authorship of Munich (2005) and some of his stated views to be anti-Israel and anti-Semitic. Kushner responded with a letter to the editor of the Jewish newspaper "The Forward" in which he said that he is "a proud Jew, a Jewish-American man" who "love[s] Israel," but whose "opinions about Israel are characterized by a serious ambivalence." Kushner was also quoted in Newsweek as saying that his statements about Israel have been taken out of context and "anybody who thinks there's a simple line to be taken on the Middle East is an idiot." Despite the protests, Brandeis pledged to go ahead and award the honorary degree to Kushner.
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    [on Meryl Streep's open-air performance in 'Mother Courage and Her Children'] The set was mostly dirt, so by the end of the evening it was mud, and Meryl incorporated it into her performance. Thinking of her slogging around in the mud singing 'The Song of the Great Capitulation' is one of my favorite memories of any theater that I've had anything to do with.

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