Occupation Playwright Spouse Leslie Garis (m. 1967) Role Playwright | Name Arthur Kopit Years active 1962–present Books Road to Nirvana | |
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Full Name Arthur Lee Kopit Born May 10, 1937 (age 86) ( 1937-05-10 ) New York City, New York, U.S. Movies Nine, The Phantom of the Opera, Roswell, The Hands of the Stranger Children Ben Kopit, Alexander Kopit, Kat Kopit Plays Similar People Maury Yeston, Mario Fratti, Susan Birkenhead, Cole Porter, Gaston Leroux | ||
An Evening With Arthur Kopit
Arthur Lee Kopit (born May 10, 1937) is an American playwright. He is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist (Indians and Wings) 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 (now known as the Drama Desk Award) in 1962 for his play Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma'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.
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- An Evening With Arthur Kopit
- Stage door johnny john bowles interviews celebrated ny playwright arthur kopit
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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 principal cast consisting of Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Sophia Loren, Kate Hudson, and Fergie (singer).
Kopit attended Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Nassau County, New York.
Kopit attended Harvard University. His first plays were staged while he was 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.