ABSTRACT

American playwright Tony Kushner is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play,

Angels in America

, and of the screenplay for the award-winning television version directed by Mike Nichols. Kushner’s other stage works include

The Dybbuk

,

Homebody/Kabul

, and, with composer Jeanine Tesori,

Caroline, or Change

. What follows is compiled from two separate interviews: one conducted in December of 2003, shortly before the HBO broadcast of

Angels in America

; the other conducted in January of 2004, the day after

Angels

won six Golden Globe awards.