Event Title
A Conversation with Tony Kushner
Location
Memorial Union Ballroom
Event Website
http://www.undwritersconference.org
Start Date
22-3-2013 8:00 PM
End Date
22-3-2013 9:00 PM
Description
In this audio recording from the Friday, March 22, 2013, as part of the 44th Annual UND Writers Conference: “A Portrait of an Artist,” Tony Kushner discusses his work as a playwright. Topics for discussion include Tony Kushner's formula/signature in writing plays, the benefits of stage, how modern movies have changed plays, history in his plays, audience for his plays and maintaining their interest, plays as historical documents, the educational value of plays, the essence of plays as texts, his screenplay for Lincoln, Angels in America, homosexuality and heterosexuality, and the gap between writer and reader. After the discussion, Tony Kushner responds to audience questions about the difficulty in remaining factual when writing Lincoln, the ending of Lincoln, and choosing actors for various roles.
Introduced by President Robert O. Kelley.
Conversation moderated by Dr. Jack Russell Weinstein, Department of Philosophy & Religion.
Note: Only audio is available online.
A Conversation with Tony Kushner
Memorial Union Ballroom
In this audio recording from the Friday, March 22, 2013, as part of the 44th Annual UND Writers Conference: “A Portrait of an Artist,” Tony Kushner discusses his work as a playwright. Topics for discussion include Tony Kushner's formula/signature in writing plays, the benefits of stage, how modern movies have changed plays, history in his plays, audience for his plays and maintaining their interest, plays as historical documents, the educational value of plays, the essence of plays as texts, his screenplay for Lincoln, Angels in America, homosexuality and heterosexuality, and the gap between writer and reader. After the discussion, Tony Kushner responds to audience questions about the difficulty in remaining factual when writing Lincoln, the ending of Lincoln, and choosing actors for various roles.
Introduced by President Robert O. Kelley.
Conversation moderated by Dr. Jack Russell Weinstein, Department of Philosophy & Religion.
Note: Only audio is available online.
https://commons.und.edu/writers-conference/2013/day4/1
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