Tony Kushner

I don't write political plays in the sense that I'm writing essays that are kind of disguised as plays. I would really defy anyone to watch any of my plays and say 'Well, here's the point.'

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These are some quotes by American author Tony Kushner Playwright, who was born on July 16, 1956.

Quotes by Tony Kushner

As a playwright, you are a torturer of actors and of the audience as well. You inflict things on people.

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God knows I've had productions where there were actors in my plays who were making more money per week than I was.

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And I don't consider Broadway the acropolis of theatrical art. I mean Broadway is commercial - that's what it is. It's expensive seats and a lot of them that have to be filled every night. Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway, as far as I'm concerned, is in New York the pride of New York theater.

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