This summer, give yourself a break and journey to the lakes region of Central Maine to celebrate the re-emergence of live theater in Maine. Join Theater at Monmouth for its (R)evolutionary Redux Season. With more vaccine distribution centers opening and testing becoming more and more efficient, the ability for venues to safely open is on the horizon, and that means TAM s intermission will soon come to an end.
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Three-time Tony Nominee Arthur Kopit Passed Away in New York
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Arthur Kopit has died, aged 83. The Pulitzer Prize finalist passed away on Friday, April 2, in New York.
Kopit s career began while he was still a student at Harvard with the 1963 play Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma s Hung You in the Closet and I m Feelin So Sad , which landed a major theater run after finding success Off Broadway.
Arthur Kopit, 3-time Tony-nominated playwright, dies at 83
He was also a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist.
By MARK KENNEDYAssociated Press
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NEW YORK Arthur Kopit, a three-time Tony Award-nominated playwright and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist known for fusing disparate genres, absurdism and a darkly comic world view, has died. He was 83.
Kopit died Friday, said Rick Miramontez, a senior publicist at DKC/O&M PR. No other details were available.
Playwright Arthur Kopit in 1990 in Los Angeles.
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Kopit earned a Tony nod in 1970 for “Indians,” a critique of the Vietnam War and America’s treatment of Native Americans that starred Stacy Keach as Buffalo Bill. Nine years later, he received another nomination for “Wings,” the story of a stroke victim’s recovery starring Constance Cummings. Both “Indians” and “Wings” were Pulitzer finalists for drama.
Pulitzer-Nominated Playwright Arthur Kopit Dies at 83
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The dramatist died Friday morning, as confirmed by publicist Rick Miramontez.
“Arthur was one of the most uncompromisingly original writers that America ever produced,” Maury Yeston, Kopit’s longtime friend and collaborator, said. Yeston served as composer on a number of Kopit’s works, including the musicals “Phantom” and “Nine.”
Yeston added, “A genuine born playwright, his work possesses the kind of universality that is understood by the entire human race, across all cultures and languages. The worlds he created come to life inside the minds of every audience member who has the good fortune of attending one of his shows. But his greatest trait even beyond his enviable brilliance was a generosity that knew no bounds.”