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Kopit, Arthur, 1937-2021

LC control no.n 82091910
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS3561.O646
Personal name headingKopit, Arthur, 1937-2021
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Variant(s)Kopit, Arthur L.
Koenig, Arthur Lee, 1937-2021
Birth date1937-05-10
Death date2021-04-02
Place of birthManhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Place of deathManhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Field of activityTheater
AffiliationNew York University Dramatists Guild of America
Lark Theatre's Playwrights' Workshop
Profession or occupationDramatists Actors
Found inHis Oh Dad, poor Dad, Mamma's hung you in the closet ... 1960.
Auerbach, D. Sam Shepard, Arthur Kopit, and the Off Broadway theater, 1982: CIP t.p. (Arthur Kopit)
Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 5/10/37)
IMDb, Jan. 27, 2014: (Arthur Kopit; b. May 10, 1937, New York City; writer and actor)
American Theatre Wing WWW site, viewed Jan. 27, 2014: (Arthur Kopit; author, translator, and writer for books of musicals, screenplays, and stage plays; teaches playwriting at NYU; heads the Lark Theatre's Playwrights' Workshop and is on the council of the Dramatists Guild)
New York Times, Apr. 3, 2021 (Arthur Lee Koenig, born May 10, 1937, Manhattan; took his stepfather's name Kopit; earned a degree in engineering at Harvard but focused on writing plays; died Apr. 2, 2021, in Manhattan)
Associated languageeng