Arthur Kopit, an award-winning playwright known for Indians and Nine, died on Friday morning. He was 83.
Without specifying a cause, his death was announced by spokesperson Rick Miramontez on Saturday.
Born in 1937, Kopit was educated at Harvard University. Among his early plays was Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feelin’ So Sad, which Jerome Robbins directed on Broadway while Kopit was still an undergraduate student.
Kopit went on to receive Tony nomination and Pulitzer Prize finalist nod for his 1968 play Indians, which opened on Broadway and starred Sam Waterston and Stacy Keach....
Without specifying a cause, his death was announced by spokesperson Rick Miramontez on Saturday.
Born in 1937, Kopit was educated at Harvard University. Among his early plays was Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feelin’ So Sad, which Jerome Robbins directed on Broadway while Kopit was still an undergraduate student.
Kopit went on to receive Tony nomination and Pulitzer Prize finalist nod for his 1968 play Indians, which opened on Broadway and starred Sam Waterston and Stacy Keach....
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