Tony Kushner

Editorial Board Member

Tony Kushner’s most recent work includes the new play The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With a Key to the Scriptures; an opera with composer Jeanine Tesori, A Blizzard on Marblehead Neck; and the screenplay for Steven Spielberg’s film Lincoln, coming next fall to a theater near you.

On Puffins and Presidents

On Puffins and Presidents On Puffins and Presidents

Citizenship is not just a duty. It’s a blessing, a gift handed down by generations of forebears.

Jan 11, 2012 / Feature / Tony Kushner

An Unsettling Protest in Israel An Unsettling Protest in Israel

Dozens of Israeli theater artists are refusing to perform in the West Bank settlement of Ariel. Now they’ve been joined by hundreds of artists and scholars from both Israel a...

Sep 15, 2010 / Tony Kushner and Alisa Solomon

‘Tell Her the Truth’ ‘Tell Her the Truth’

On Caryl Churchill's Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza.

Mar 26, 2009 / Feature / Tony Kushner and Alisa Solomon

Arthur Miller: 1915–2005 Arthur Miller: 1915–2005

The politics of a progressive playwright.

May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Tony Kushner

Only We Who Guard The Mystery Shall Be Unhappy Only We Who Guard The Mystery Shall Be Unhappy

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Mar 6, 2003 / Feature / Tony Kushner

A Word to Graduates: Organize! A Word to Graduates: Organize!

It's boring but do it, says the playwright. Otherwise, you allow evil to settle in.

Jun 13, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Tony Kushner

Fighting the Art Bullies Fighting the Art Bullies

New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has created enormous consternation and publicity in his attempts to censor an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.

Nov 11, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Tony Kushner

A Socialism of the Skin

A Socialism of the Skin A Socialism of the Skin

Our suffering teaches us solidarity; or it should.

Jul 4, 1994 / Reclaiming Stonewall / Tony Kushner

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