But the Giraffe and Brundibar
By Tony Kushner; Maurice Sendak
(Theatre Communications Group, Paperback, 9781559363136, 72pp.)
Publication Date: March 2010
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback
Categories: American
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A children's opera from the creators of Angels in America and Where the Wild Things Are
Tony Kushner's plays include A Bright Room Called Day and Slavs!; as well as adaptations of Corneille's The Illusion, Ansky's The Dybbuk, Brecht's The Good Person of Szecguan and Goethe's Stella. Current projects include: Henry Box Brown or The Mirror of Slavery; and two musical plays: St. Cecilia or The Power of Music and Caroline or Change. His collaboration with Maurice Sendak on an American version of the children's opera, Brundibar, appeared in book form Fall 2003. Kushner grew up in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and he lives in New York. Maurice Sendak is the author of over a hundred children's books, including "Where the Wild Things Are."












