Tony Kushner's plays include A Bright Room Called Day, Angels in America, Slavs!, and Homebody/Kabul. He has written adaptations of Corneille's The Illusion, S.Y. Ansky's The Dybbuk, and Brecht's The Good Person of Sezuan; as well as English-language libretti for the operas Brundibar by Hans Krasa, and The Comedy on the Bridge by Bohuslav Martinu. Caroline, or Change, a new musical with composer Jeanine Tesori, opens May 2 at the Eugene O'Neill Theater, under the direction of George C. Wolfe. His screen adaptation of Angels in America, directed by Mike Nichols, premiered in 2003 on HBO. Homebody/Kabul, directed by Frank Galati, is performing for three weeks at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, beginning May 11, and is being adapted for film by Mira Nair. Recent books include: Brundibar, a book for children with illustrations by Maurice Sendak; the text for The Art of Maurice Sendak, 1980 to the Present; and Wrestling With Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict, co-edited with Alisa Solomon. Mr. Kushner is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama; two Tony Awards for Best Play; two Obie Awards for Best Play; a Whiting Writer's Fellowship; an Arts Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; the PEN/Laura Pels Award for a Mid- Career Playwright; a Spirit of Justice Award from the Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders; and a Cultural Achievement Award from The National Foundation for Jewish Culture.   Playwrights' Sidewalk: Tony Kushner has a star on the Playwrights' Sidewalk.

	Production	Theatre	Opened	Credit
1	A Bright Room Called Day	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Anspacher Theater	11/19/2019	Playwright
2	The Illusion	Peter Norton Space	06/05/2011	Playwright
3	The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With a Key to the Scriptures	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater	05/05/2011	Playwright
4	Angels in America, A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Part 1: Millennium Approaches	Peter Norton Space	10/28/2010	Playwright
5	Angels in America, A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Part 2: Perestroika	Peter Norton Space	10/28/2010	Playwright
6	Mother Courage and Her Children	Delacorte Theater	08/21/2006	Translation
7	Caroline, or Change	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater	11/30/2003	Book
8	Caroline, or Change	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater	11/30/2003	Lyricist
9	Homebody/Kabul	New York Theatre Workshop	12/19/2001	Playwright
10	Love's Fire: Fresh Numbers by Seven American Playwrights	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater	06/22/1998	Playwright
11	A Dybbuk, or Between Two Worlds	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater	10/28/1997	Adaptation
12	Slavs! Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness	New York Theatre Workshop	11/25/1994	Playwright
13	The Illusion	East 13th Street/CSC Theatre	01/07/1994	Adaptation
14	A Bright Room Called Day	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ LuEsther Hall	12/13/1990	Playwright
15	L'Illusion	Perry Street Theatre	10/27/1988	Adaptation

	Production	Theatre	Opened	Credit
1	The Big Love	Perry Street Theatre	03/16/1988	Associate Artistic Director
2	The Love Suicides at Amijima	Perry Street Theatre	12/15/1987	Associate Artistic Director
3	Coyote Ugly	Perry Street Theatre	12/01/1987	Associate Artistic Director
4	Blood Sports	Perry Street Theatre	11/17/1987	Associate Artistic Director
5	Stella	Perry Street Theatre	11/03/1987	Associate Artistic Director

	Production	Theatre	Opened	Credit
1	Helen	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Martinson Hall	04/08/2002	Director

		Award	Production	Function
1	NOMINATED	2020 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Revival	A Bright Room Called Day	Playwright
2	WON	2011 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Revival	Angels in America, A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Part 1: Millennium Approaches	Playwright
			Angels in America, A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Part 2: Perestroika	Playwright
3	WON	2004 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Musical	Caroline, or Change	Book
			Caroline, or Change	Lyricist
4	WON	2004 Lucille Lortel Award, Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee
5	NOMINATED	2004 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Book of a Musical
6	WON	2004 Obie Award, Special Citation
7	NOMINATED	2002 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Play	Homebody/Kabul	Playwright
8	WON	2002 Obie Award, Playwriting	Homebody/Kabul	Playwright
9	WON	1995 Obie Award, Playwriting	Slavs! Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness	Playwright