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   Ayad Akhtar (born October 28, 1970) is an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. He has received numerous accolades including the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as nominations for two Tony Awards.

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3. www.nytimes.com › 2024/10/26 › theaterHow a Play About A.I. Lured Robert Downey Jr. to Broadway

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   6 days ago · Oct. 26, 2024. This summer, Ayad Akhtar was struggling with the final scene of “McNeal,” his knotty and disorienting play about a Nobel Prize-winning author who uses artificial intelligence to ...

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     How ‘McNeal,’ a Play About A.I., Lured Robert Downey Jr. to Broadway

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5. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2020/09/21An American Writer for an Age of Division - The New Yorker

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   Sep 14, 2020 · An American Writer for an Age of Division. The playwright and novelist Ayad Akhtar has never been afraid of provoking audiences. His latest work explores the origins of Trump’s toxicity, the...

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7. www.theatlantic.com › magazine › archiveAyad Akhtar and Robert Downey Jr. Confront AI - The Atlantic

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   Sep 30, 2024 · Ayad Akhtar’s new play, <em>McNeal</em>, starring Robert Downey Jr., subverts the idea that artificial intelligence threatens human ingenuity.

8. www.latimes.com › entertainment-arts › storyHow does Robert Downey Jr. fare in his Broadway debut? - Los ...

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   Sep 30, 2024 · Akhtar, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Disgraced,” is continuing an argument he found himself embroiled in after publishing his brilliant 2020 novel “Homeland Elegies.”

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9. www.nytimes.com › 2024/05/07 › theaterRobert Downey Jr. to Make Broadway Debut in Ayad Akhtar Play

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   May 7, 2024 · Robert Downey Jr., who earlier this year won an Academy Award, will make his Broadway debut this fall in “McNeal,” a new drama by the Pulitzer-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar.

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    Who is Ayad Akhtar?

    • Ayad Akhtar (born October 28, 1970) is an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. He has received numerous accolades including the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as nominations for two Tony Awards.

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    Is Ayad Akhtar ambivalence?

    • Ayad Akhtar’s autofictional novel cunningly entwines outrage and ambivalence. Photograph by Cole Barash for The New Yorker A year after Donald Trump assumed office, Ayad Akhtar was at the American Academy in Rome, contemplating populism, the degradation of democracy, and ruinous civil strife.

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    What is Akhtar known for?

    • Akhtar is known as a playwright covering various themes including the American - Muslim experience, racism, religion, economics, immigration, and identity. For his work on Broadway, Akhtar received Tony Award for Best Play nominations for Disgraced (2015) and Junk (2017). He also authored the plays The Who & The What and The Invisible Hand.

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    Did Ayad Akhtar win a Pulitzer Prize in 'homeland elegies'?

    • The New York Times. November 23, 2020. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 23, 2021. ^ Charles, Ron. "Review | Ayad Akhtar's play 'Disgraced' won a Pulitzer Prize. Now 'Homeland Elegies' shows what that success cost him". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved February 23, 2021. ^ a b "The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2020". Time.

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    Did Ayad Akhtar's 'disgraced' win a Pulitzer Prize?

    • "Review | Ayad Akhtar's play 'Disgraced' won a Pulitzer Prize. Now 'Homeland Elegies' shows what that success cost him". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved February 23, 2021. ^ a b "The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2020". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021. ^ "The 10 best books of 2020". EW.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

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    Is Akhtar serious about his work?

    • Akhtar is serious about his work to a point that can delight collaborators, or drive them mad. He and Boras met when she was cast in an early reading of “Junk”; they decided not to work together again. “I get really nervous when I have a show going up,” he said.

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11. www.nytimes.com › by › ayad-akhtarAyad Akhtar - The New York Times

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    An award-winning playwright argues that the in-the-moment interplay between actors and audience can help us cope with an increasingly virtual world. By Ayad Akhtar. Theater | Connecticut.