Plays with Politics

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 24, 2011

Award-winning playwright Tony Kushner talks about his two plays currently in production in New York and the interplay of politics and his art.

On Stage Now:

"The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures" at the Public Theater.

"The Illusion" at Signature Theatre Company.

Listen to WNYC's Andrea Bernstein's March 2011 interview with Tony Kushner.

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