Tony Kushner

Tony Kushner is an author, playwright, and screenwriter.

His works include the play Angels in America, the adaptation of A Dybbuk, the screenplay for Munich, and the book Wrestling with Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, co-edited with Alisa Solomon.

Kushner is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, an Emmy Award, the PEN/Laura Pels Award for a Mid-Career Playwright, and a Cultural Achievement Award from The National Foundation for Jewish Culture, among many other honors.


Articles by Tony Kushner

Saturday December 3

Homophobia’s Reach

American democracy provides inspiration by example (rather than by military occupation) to people all over the world who are seeking justice and freedom. And it is important to note that democracy circumscribed at home can encourage anti-democratic forces abroad. In 1999 Ruslan Sharipov, a student from Uzbekistan, came to the United States, participating in an