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Arthur Kopit

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Born: May 09 1937

Arthur Lee Kopit is an American playwright. He is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and a three-time Tony Award nominee: Best Play, Indians, 1970; Best Play, Wings, 1979; and Best Book of a Musical, for Nine, 1982. He won the Vernon Rice Award in 1962 for his play Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad and was nominated for another Drama Desk Award in 1979 for his play Wings.[1]

Nine returned to Broadway in 2003 with Antonio Banderas as Guido and won two Tony Awards, including best revival; in 2009 Rob Marshall directed the film Nine based on Kopit's script, the principle cast consisting of Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Sophia Loren, Kate Hudson, and Fergie .

Kopit attended Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Nassau County, New York.

Kopit attended Harvard University. His first plays were staged while still an undergraduate at Harvard University. Later, Kopit taught at Wesleyan University, Yale University, and the City College of New York. In 2005, Kopit donated his papers to the Fales Library at NYU.

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Arthur Kopit

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Books from Arthur Kopit

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad

Indians

Three Plays: Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad / Indians / Wings

The Day the Whores Came Out to Play Tennis and Other Plays

Y2k

End of the World: A Play

Road to Nirvana

"Pardon Me, Sir, But Is My Eye Hurting Your Elbow?"

Nine

Nine (Ensemble Version)

Wings

Nine

Phantom

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Red Bull Shorts Volume 4

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The Day the Whores Came Out to Play Tennis and Other Plays