Arthur Kopit
Playwright, Author
1937 –
Who is Arthur Kopit?
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, 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.
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.
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.
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- Born
- May 10, 1937
New York City - Also known as
- Arthur Lee Kopit
- Arthur L. Kopit
- Spouses
- Leslie Garis
(1967 - )
- Leslie Garis
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University
( - 1959) - High School Diploma, Lawrence High School
( - 1955)
- Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University
- Lived in
- New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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