Best Selling Books by Tony Kushner

"Dissent is an essential part of keeping democratic societies healthy, and our ability as citizens to voice our opinions is not only our privilege, it is our responsibility. Most importantly, it is a human right, one which must be fervently fought for, protected, and defended. Many of the issues and conflicts visited in the first edition of this book remain vividly present today. They are reminders of how democracy and social change are often incremental, requiring patience, diligence, hope, and the continuing brave voices of designers whose skillful imagery emboldens in the face of struggle. The 160-plus new works in this edition document the Arab Spring, the Obama presidency, Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, the election of Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin’s continuing influence, the Women’s March, the ongoing refugee crises, the environment, and much more. This powerful collection, totaling well over 550 images, stands not only as a testament to the power of imagery, but also as an urgent call to action. This edition includes the original Foreword by Tony Kushner as well as Steven Heller''s interview of Milton Glaser entitled, "Dissenting Conditions.""--provided by Amazon.com.

Philosemitism, Antisemitism and ''the Jews'' both honours and carries on the work of The Rev. Dr. James Parkes (1896-1981), a pioneer in the many different fields involving the study of Jewish/non-Jewish relations. The collection is designed to examine both the specific and broader themes of Parkes'' life work in relation to tolerance and intolerance. From antiquity to today, Jews have often been defined as ''aliens''; these essays consider the effects of such legislative and socio-cultural exclusion on the self-definition of the dominant society. Philosemitism, Antisemitism and ''the Jews'' employs an interdisciplinary framework, bringing together the work of scholars from both sides of the Atlantic and Israel, who work in history, theology, political philosophy, legal theory and literary studies. Eminent historians and theorists of tolerance and intolerance, including Gavin Langmuir, David Theo Goldberg, Norman Solomon and Tony Kushner, are joined by younger scholars researching new developments in the field.

Anglo-Jewry since 1066: Place, locality and memory is a study of the history and memory of Anglo-Jewry from medieval times to the present and is the first to explore the construction of identities, both Jewish and non-Jewish, in relation to the concept of place. The introductory chapters provide a theoretical overview focusing on the nature of local studies then moves into a chronological frame, starting with medieval Winchester, moving to early modern Portsmouth and then chapters covering the evolution of Anglo-Jewry from emancipation to the twentieth century. Emphasis is placed on the impact on identities resulting from the complex relationship between migration (including transmigration) and settlement of minority groups. Drawing upon a wide range of approaches, including history, cultural and literary studies, geography, Jewish and ethnic and racial studies, Kushner uses extensive sources including novels, poems, art, travel literature, autobiographical writing, official documentation, newspapers and census data. This book will appeal to scholars interested in Jewish studies and British history

In this moving novel set in a Greek village in 1942, the corpses of disappeared men wash ashore. The village women claim the bodies as husbands and fathers, even though their faces are unrecognizable. A tug of war ensues between the local police, who insist the women cannot identify their loved ones, and the women, who demand the right to bury their dead. Their standoff becomes a struggle for dignity and honor against the forces of fascism. First published in 1983 and anticipating some of the themes of his award-winning play Death and the Maiden, Widows is Ariel Dorfmans eloquent tribute to those who have perished under totalitarian regimes. This is a classic parable of individual courage in the face of oppression from a literary grandmaster (Time). Lyrical and even elegiac ... Dorfman gives flesh to a human rights issue of our time. Chicago Tribune Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

"As a title, TINY KUSHNER sounds like a joke, and it is, of sorts, a self-deprecating acknowledgment by the playwright Tony Kushner that he generally writes long. His most famous work, ANGELS IN AMERICA, began as a commission for a 90-minute play with three characters and ended up as a two-part extravaganza clocking in at more than seven hours ... The new work consists of five one-act playlets that feature both fictional characters and those borrowed from real life - including Dr Arnold Hutschnecker, who was Richard M Nixon''s psychiatrist. Two plays have therapy sessions in them, actually. Three have dead people as characters. One takes place on the moon. All five, however, resonate on the subject of America and the moral complexities created for its citizens by its various advantages in the world, a theme that reaches a climax in ONLY WE WHO GUARD THE MYSTERY SHALL BE UNHAPPY. Set just before the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and written out of fury at the Bush administration''s rush to war, it posits Laura Bush reading to a class of dead Iraqi children. Essentially a monologue (it was published by The Nation), it portrays a first lady wrestling with her conscience and betraying the agony of perpetual self-justification ... Individually and even collectively, the five entries here are snacks in the Kushner canon. However, that doesn''t make them nonnourishing or the evening unsatisfying; Mr Kushner''s fierce liberal conscience (he''s Arthur Miller''s heir, in that regard), colossally fanciful imagination and virtuosic gift for composing verbal arias are too much in evidence for that." -Bruce Weber, The New York Times

Pepicek et Aninku doivent aller à la ville chercher du lait pour leur maman malade. Mais ils n''ont pas un sou. Comment faire pour gagner de l''argent quand on est un enfant ? Sur la grand-place, un horrible bonhomme chante une affreuse chanson en s''accompagnant à l''orgue de Barbarie. C''est Brundibar. Voyant que les adultes l''applaudissent et lui lancent des pièces, Aninku et Pepicek décident de chanter eux aussi. Mais Brundibar n''est pas d''accord. Et Brundibar est un tyran. Pour s''attaquer à un mal si grand, Aninku et Pepicek vont devoir demander l''aide de tous les écoliers de la ville. Brundibar est à l''origine un opéra tchèque de Hans Krasa sur un livret d''Adolf Hoffmeister. Il a été créé clandestinement dans un orphelinat de Prague au cours de l''hiver 1942-1943, et a ensuite été joué dans le ghetto modèle de Theresienstadt où avaient été déportés la plupart des artistes ayant participé à la création. Le fait que les héros soient des enfants, le vent de rébellion et le désir de justice qui animent l''œuvre ont fait de Brundibar l''un des plus grands symboles de l''esprit de résistance du ghetto. Maurice Sendak, l''auteur de Max et les maximonstres et de Cuisine de nuit, a demandé au dramaturge Tony Kushner d''écrire l''adaptation anglaise de Brundibar. Cet album est né en même temps que la création américaine de l''opéra.

Maurice Sendak ranks as one of the best-known & most respected children''s book artists in the world. However, his oeuvre includes much more than picture books. Tracing Sendak''s life & work from 1980 to the present, this richly illus. vol. is filled with projects in various mediums, both inside & outside the children''s book arena. Reproduced here are lavish set & costume designs for a number of theatrical & dance productions, from The Nutcracker” to The Magic Flute” to The Love for Three Oranges.” Also represented is artwork for numerous posters, CD covers, book jackets, & adult books, as well as children''s picture books. A singular portrait of a man with burning passion, acute sympathy, & a hunger for beauty.”

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Angels in America" presents a major collection of short plays written over the past few yeas.

Everyone knows that Bertolt Brecht was one of the great twentieth-century innovators in theater -- the equivalent in his art of a Picasso or Stravinsky -- but the playwright was also a dazzling writer of stories as well as a lifelong poet. In Collected Stories, which includes the prize-winning "The Monster" and the fragmentary memoir "Life Story of the Boxer Samson-Korner", fans will find the same directness, lack of affectation, and wry humor that characterize his plays. The new edition of Brecht''s Selected Poems includes both Brecht''s best-known poems, many of which later made their way into his plays, as well as some that have never before been published in this country. For his new adaptation of The Goad Person of Setzuan, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner Tony Kushner commissioned a literal translation, which he then refined as any translator would, but with the flair of an innate dramatist.

An inspired Christmas gift to the gay community--a gorgeous keepsake rendition of the poignant closing words from Broadway''s Tony Award-winning Angels in America. Royalties will be donated to HIV/AIDS organizations. A free-standing 8-panel full-color card.

"In a eminently playable, witty adaptation by Tony Kushner, The Illusion comes across as downright entertaining, not an adjective anyone who reads Corneille in college is likely to expect. Unlike his better known plays, which have heroic subjects, The Illusion is concerned with domestic matters the alienation of parents from children, marital infidelity. While it is serious about these subjects, it puts them in an unusual context: A father has consulted a magician about his estranged son, and the magician shows him scenes from his son''s life... The comedy is elegant, full of depth."--Howard Kissel, Daily News.

Contains periodicals, newspaper clippings, programs, and playbills of Angels in America: Perestroika and Angels in America: The Millennium Approaches. Kushner, who grew up in Lake Charles, won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for drama.

The screenplay by Tony Kushner was loosely based on Doris Kearns Goodwin''s 2005 biography Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, and covers the final four months of Lincoln''s life, focusing on his efforts in January 1865 to abolish slavery and involuntary servitude by having the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution passed by the United States House of Representatives.