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Arthur Kopit

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Arthur Kopit · Arts & Literature

What

Tony Award — Best Musical

When

1937, New York City, United States — 2021

Where

United States

Biography

Arthur Kopit is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Tony Award — Best Musical

How & why

Kopit was an American playwright whose work ranged from the absurdist comedy Oh Dad, Poor Dad to the dramas Indians and Wings. He wrote the book for the musical Nine, which won the 1982 Tony Award for Best Musical, and later for the musical Phantom. He was Jewish, adopted and raised in a Jewish family in New York.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Tony Award for Best Musical

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Tony Award — Best Musical

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Tony Award for Best Musical