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By Dan Nonte, University Relations
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Tony Kushner.
Posted 10-27-08
GREENSBORO — An emergency has forced Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner to cancel his Oct. 28 visit to UNCG.
Kushner had been scheduled to answer questions about his work at 7:30 p.m. in Aycock Auditorium. The event will be rescheduled as soon as possible.
Born in New York City in 1956, and raised in Lake Charles, La., Kushner is best known for “Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia On National Themes.” His other plays include “A Bright Room Called Day,” “Slavs!,” “Hydriotaphia,” “Homebody/Kabul” and “Caroline, or Change.” He wrote the screenplays for Mike Nichols’ HBO film of “Angels in America” and Steven Spielberg’s “Munich.”
Kushner has won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, an Emmy Award, two Tony Awards, three Obie Awards, an Oscar nomination, and an Arts Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.