Listen to past City Arts & Lectures programs Nov 13, 2009
Susan Sontag and Tony Kushner, April 5, 1995. 6. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Inupiaq poet wins prestigious national award Oct 29, 2009
Among authors who have received the award early in their careers are playwrights August Wilson and Tony Kushner and essayist Tobias Wolff. Alaskans who have previously won include Natalie Kusz and former Daily News columnist Seth Kantner. (Anchorage Daily News)
Berkeley Rep takes spotlight as Broadway star Oct 17, 2009
"Tony's increasing presence as a director on the national scene" is a big part of it, playwright Tony Kushner says. "Between Tony and Les, you've got two highly respected, major artistic leaders tied to the same regional theater," says Oskar Eustis, artistic director of New York's Public Theater, which co-commissioned "Passing Strange.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Sendak, Ever-Untamed, Sees 'Wild Things' Adapted Oct 14, 2009
He's not only written other classic children's books like "In the Night Kitchen" and "Higglety Pigglety Pop!" but also collaborated on operas (Mozart's "The Magic Flute" with director Frank Corsaro, "Brundibar" with playwright Tony Kushner), illustrated adult books (Herman Melville's "Pierre") and co-founded the Night Kitchen Theatre. Sendak says he no longer feels tied to "Wild Things.". (KIRO TV, WA)
Spielberg and the Lincoln derby Sep 15, 2009
His script is being revised by Tony Kushner. While Spielbergs project will be a DreamWorks production, Redford, long a champion of indie filmmaking, seems bent on remaining outside the studio system. (Variety)
You can own a 'Wild Salmon on Parade' piece Sep 6, 2009
The little opera -- more important for its historical status than for its musical content -- has since received several stagings in a reworked translation by playwright Tony Kushner. The choir is currently scheduling auditions for singers ages 5-18. (Anchorage Daily News)
Hartford Stage preps Horton Foote’s ‘Orphans’ Home Cycle’ Aug 30, 2009
He saw such multipart cycles as Peter Hall s production of John Barton s Tantalus in Denver and Tom Stoppard s The Coast of Utopia on Broadway, and he directed both parts of Tony Kushner s Angels in America at the Venice Biennale. Wilson understood the cumulative power and possibility of transcendence for audiences watching these kind of can t-miss, epic theatrical events, with storytelling on a grand scale. (Boston Globe)
"Tinyard Hill" follows 2 romances during 2 wars Jul 22, 2009
But then, Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori's "Caroline, or Change" set the bar awfully high for mid-'60s musicals. "Tinyard" is a pleasant, often very funny effort by two promising young talents. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Today in History Jul 16, 2009
Playwright Tony Kushner is 53. Dancer Michael Flatley is 51. (Yahoo News)
Berkeley Rep director heads to Broadway. Again. Jul 3, 2009
The former artistic director of the Eureka Theatre, where he commissioned Tony Kushner to write "Angels in America," he's just staged Kushner's "Tiny Kushner" at Minneapolis' Guthrie Theatre and will reprise the evening of short plays at the Rep this fall. Now he's restaging Carrie Fisher's solo show "Wishful Drinking" at the Rep (July 9-23). (San Francisco Chronicle)
Theaters take a nimble approach to economic blues Jun 26, 2009
" Despite the economic downturn, some theaters forged ahead with monumental projects this year. Canada's Shaw Festival is presenting the entire "Tonight at 8:30," the collective title for all 10 of Noel Coward's rarely seen one-act plays, which he wrote and in which he starred with Gertrude Lawrence. And the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis is honoring Tony Kushner with a two-month celebration of the playwright's work including the world premiere of his latest effort, "The Intelligent Homosexual's... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Money, God and homosexuality Jun 16, 2009
Same-sex marriage is issue for the U.S. Supreme Court, Tony Kushner says ... MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) -- Drive through downtown Minneapolis these days and you're almost certain to bump into a billboard (or two or three) emblazoned with the title of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner's latest work, "The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures." ... Playwright Tony Kushner's works are the focus of a three-month "celebration" at the... (CNN -- Showbiz)
Student-directed plays tonight at Southwestern Jun 6, 2009
In Only We Who Guard the Mystery Shall be Unhappy, a war protest by Tony Kushner, directed by Amy Katrina, Laura Bush (Aaren Tucker) has a crisis while reading to Iraqi children. A man (Lionel McMann) is confronted in his kitchen by a knife-wielding fugitive (Brett Granstrom) in Blood Reversal, directed by Tim Vila. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Chimp Off The Old Block Jun 1, 2009
His dad, Tony Taccone, is artistic director of Berkeley Repertory Theater and has the distinction of having commissioned Tony Kushner to write "Angels in America.". As a child, Jorma often appeared in plays directed by his father. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
'60s flashback: Ang Lee is `Taking Woodstock' May 19, 2009
MINNEAPOLIS - When Tony Kushner agreed to premiere a new play at the Guthrie Theater, the artistic director at the Minneapolis theater wanted to know what it would be called. NEW YORK - Brooke Shields says she's frightened by all the media attention the Kiefer (KEE-FEHR) Sutherland arrest has brought her. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Major plays by Tony Kushner May 15, 2009
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'Theater of War' provides backstage insights into art and ideology Mar 27, 2009
Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline were starring in a new translation by Tony Kushner, directed by George C. Wolfe with music by Jeanine Tesori. And it was free. (Boston Globe)
3 plays to premiere at new Berkeley Rep season Mar 24, 2009
The season also features such popular names as Tony Kushner, Lisa Kron and Naomi Iizuka, as well as a comparative unknown who happens to be the granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin ... The season also features such popular names as Tony Kushner, Lisa Kron. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Provocative Gaza play is staged in U.S. cities Mar 18, 2009
Writers and artists like Tony Kushner ("Angels in America") will moderate the discussions in New York. The New York Theater Workshop faced criticism and accusations of censorship in 2006 when it canceled a production of "My Name Is Rachel Corrie," a play sympathetic to Palestinians, after some Jewish religious leaders and others complained about the work. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Fonda haunting in return to stage Mar 10, 2009
At its best, 33 Variations recalls Margaret Edson s Wit (about a poetry scholar dying of cancer), Tom Stoppard s Arcadia and the work of Tony Kushner. But the play sags in the middle and ultimately feels a few variations too long.. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Lincoln's legacy on 200th birthday Feb 12, 2009
Doris Kearns Goodwin, the historian and author of the astonishingly successful "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of " (which director Steven Spielberg and writer Tony Kushner are adapting into a feature film), said Lincoln's "reputation has always been pretty solid, despite all these arrows being thrown in.". "There are legitimate criticisms that can be made of Lincoln," said Mr. Winik, "but there's no need to whitewash his record: Even with these not insignificant blemishes, he still shines... (Insight on the News)
