Read more Angels in America stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/34609/angels-in-america.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorFri, 25 May 2012 20:18:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37557/kushner-first-to-win-200k-prize-for-playwrights.htmlJason Farago<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=136294&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401003600' border='0' />Tony Kushner will be the first recipient of a new biennial prize for playwriting, with a whopping $200,000 purse the benefactors hope will allow recipients to focus full-time on not-so-lucrative theater. Although Kushner is widely regarded as one of America's greatest dramatists, he has spent the past several years...Tony Kushner is the first winner of a new biennial prize for playwrights, worth $200,000.http://www.newser.com/story/37557/kushner-first-to-win-200k-prize-for-playwrights.htmlTue, 16 Sep 2008 09:22:28 CDT