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Brundibar

Aninku and Pepicek find their mother sick one morning, they need to buy milk to make her better. The brother and sister go to town to make money by singing but a hurdy-gurdy grinder, Brundibar, chases them away. They are helped by three talking animals and three hundred schoolchildren, to defeat the bully. Brundibar is based on a Czech opera for children that was performed fifty-five times by the children of Terezin, a Nazi concentration camp in 1943.

Brundibar

Aninku and Pepicek find their mother sick one morning, they need to buy milk to make her better. The brother and sister go to town to make money by singing but a hurdy-gurdy grinder, Brundibar, chases them away. They are helped by three talking animals and three hundred schoolchildren, to defeat the bully. Brundibar is based on a Czech opera for children that was performed fifty-five times by the children of Terezin, a Nazi concentration camp in 1943.

Perestroika

1994
Dramatizes the effects of AIDS on the United States through the experiences of lawyer Roy Cohn, a Mormon couple, and a young man called Prior Walter.

Lincoln

A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th president's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country, and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.

Perestroika

1996
A continuation of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "Millennium Approaches, " picking up the story after one of the characters, dying of AIDS, has been declared a prophet.

Millennium approaches

1993
Presents the text of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize-winning stage drama which follows the thread of AIDS through the lives of several gay men.

Angels in America

a gay fantasia on national themes
1995
Presents the text of Tony Kushner's stage drama "Angels in America," including part one, the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Millennium Approaches," which follows the thread of AIDS through the lives of several gay men; and part two "Perestroika," which continues the story after one of the characters has been declared a prophet.

The art of Maurice Sendak

1980 to the present
2003
Friend and collaborator Tony Kushner chronicles the life and works of "Where the Wild Things Are" author/illustrator Maurice Sendak from 1980 to 2003, presenting interviews, excerpts from Sendak's journals, and artworks from his projects for both children and adults, particularly his work in the theater.

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