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Tony Kushner was a contemporary American playwright and screenwriter. Anthony Robert Kushner is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter. Among his stage work, he is most known for Angels in America, which earned a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award, as well as its subsequent acclaimed HBO miniseries of the same name. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Fear — Understanding and overcoming the anxieties that hold us back

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