He starred as Claude in the original Broadway production of ‘Hair.’
Playwrights
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His plays included “The Taking of Miss Janie” and “In New England Winter.”
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He co-founded the acclaimed Negro Ensemble Company.
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Known for his play “The Normal Heart”
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He won four Tonys for works including “Love! Valour! Compassion!” and “Kiss of the Spider Woman”
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The 1968 play was one of the first to portray the lives of gay men on stage.
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Milmore won a People’s Choice Award and an NAACP award for her work on “Martin.”
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News Obituaries
Ntozake Shange (1948–2018), pioneering black feminist poet and playwright
by Kirk FoxWrote the influential play ‘For Colored Girls’ which won an Obie Award…
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Won Pulitzer Prize for “Lost in Yonkers.”
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Playwright won a Tony Award for “The Elephant Man.”