A Bright Room Called Day

Name: A Bright Room Called Day
Author: Tony Kushner

by Tony Kushner

Political comedy about bohemian activists during Reagan era Berlin Wall crisis

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Tony Kushner

American playwright whose Angels in America is the most celebrated American play of the late 20th century, combining AIDS, Mormonism, Roy Cohn, and prophecy in an epic theatrical vision. He won the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Awards for both parts of the work. His drama is explicitly political and deeply humanist.

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