Biography:

Arthur Lee Kopit (born May 10, 1937, New York City) is an American playwright. He is a three-time Tony Award nominee: Best Play, Indians, 1970; Best Play, Wings, 1979; and Best Book of a Musical, for Nine, 1982. He won the Vernon Rice Award in 1962 for his play Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad and was nominated for another Drama Desk Award in 1979 for his play Wings.

Works:

• Chamber Music (1962 or 1965) -- published in the collection Chamber Music and Other Plays including Chamber music, The questioning of Nick, Sing to me through open windows, The hero, The conquest of Everest, The day the whores came out to play tennis
• Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (1963)
• Indians (1969)
• Wings (1978)
• Nine (1982)
• Good Help is Hard to Find (1982)
• End of the World (1984)
• Road to Nirvana (1991)
• Success (published in Plays in One Act, Ecco Press, 1991)
• Phantom (1992)
• Y2K (2000)--Subsequently published under the title BecauseHeCan