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.


Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, Vol. 130, pp. 240-246. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005. In Tony Kushner's play "Angels in America," when an angel crashes through Prior Walter's ceiling in a spectacular shower of light and masonry, Walter exclaims, "very Steven Speilberg!" Kushner and Speilberg later worked together on Munich (2005). He was awarded an honorary doctorate from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts in May 2006. Was born in New York City but spent his whole childhood (until college) in Lake Charles, Louisiana. His play, "Angels in America: Parts I and II," at the Journeymen Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was awarded the 1998 Joseph Jefferson Award for Play Production. His musical, "Caroline, or Change," at the Court Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was awarded the 2009 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Production of a Musical in a Large Venue.