Note publique d'information : 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 and Lincoln. A book for anyone interested in theater,
film, literature, and the ways in which the past informs the present, this second
edition of The Theater of Tony Kushner 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.