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(1937-2021) Playwright. Arthur Kopit was born in and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Arthur Kopit

Locations

Nassau

Author's Timeline


Unknown

LITWORK

On The Runway Of Life, You Never Know What's Coming Off Next

1937

BIRTH

Arthur Kopit was born Arthur Lee Koenig in Manhattan, New York, on May 10, 1937.

1940

RESIDENCE

As a child in the 1940s and 1950s, Mr. Kopit lived on Long Island in Lawrence, New York, and attended high school there.

1957

LITWORK

The Questioning Of Nick


Play.

1962

LITWORK

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad
Pocket Books, Inc. (1966)

Play. Winner of the Vernon Rice Award.

1962

LITWORK

Chamber Music
Samuel French (1999)

Play.

1965

LITWORK

The Day The Whores Came Out To Play Tennis
Mermaid Dramabook

Play.

1969

LITWORK

Indians
Hill and Wang

Play.

1978

LITWORK

Wings
Hill and Wang

Play.

1982

LITWORK

Nine
Samuel French, Inc. (2009)
0573681570 / 978-0573681578
Musical.

1982

LITWORK

Ghosts
Samuel French, Inc. (1999)

Play.

1991

LITWORK

Road to Nirvana
Hill and Wang

Play.

1998

LITWORK

High Society


Musical comedy.

2021

DEATH

Arthur Kopit died at his home in Manhattan, New York, on April 2, 2021.

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