The Theater of Tony Kushner
is a comprehensive portrait of the forty-year long career of dramatist Tony Kushner as playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and public intellectual and political activist.
Following an introduction examining the influences of Kushner’s development as an artist, this updated second edition features individual chapters on his major plays, including
A Bright Room Called Day
,
Hydriotaphia, or The Death of Dr. Browne
Angels in
America,
Slavs! Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness
Homebody/Kabul
Caroline, or Change
and
The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures
, along with chapters on Kushner’s adaptations, one-act plays, and screenplays, including his two Academy Award-nominated screenplays,
Munich
Lincoln
.
A book for anyone interested in theater, film, literature, and the ways in which the past informs the present, this second edition of
explores how his writings reflect key elements of American society, from politics and economics to race, gender, and spirituality, all with the hope of inspiring America to live up to its ideals.