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Born July 16, 1956 (age 68) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Tony Awards • Pulitzer Prize • National Medal of Arts (2013)
Notable Works “A Bright Room Called Day” • “Angels in America” • “Mother Courage and Her Children” • “Munich” • “Slavs!” • “The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures”

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Wendy Wasserstein
American playwright
Edward Albee
Edward Albee
American author
Suzan-Lori Parks, 2006
Suzan-Lori Parks
American playwright
Archibald MacLeish
American author, educator, and public official
James Kirkwood
American actor and author
Tracy Letts
Tracy Letts
American actor and playwright
Russel Crouse
American dramatist
Umeki, Miyoshi; Buttons, Red: Sayonara
Joshua Logan
American director and producer
David Mamet
David Mamet
American author
Neil Simon
Neil Simon
American dramatist
Connelly, Marc
Marc Connelly
American playwright
George S. Kaufman
American playwright and journalist
William Saroyan.
William Saroyan
American author
Abbott, George
George Abbott
American director
Moss Hart
Moss Hart
American playwright
Jason Miller
American actor and playwright
June Jordan.
June Jordan
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W.H. Auden
W. H. Auden
British poet
Julie Taymor
Julie Taymor
American director, playwright, and costume designer
Bette Midler
American actress and singer

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