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Tony Kushner

playwright
Born: July 1956
Birthplace: Lake Charles, Louisiana

Tony Award-and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright known for his plays that politicize the AIDS crisis. His works include the two-part critical and commercial success Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (1993) and Perestroika (1993).

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