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Miriam Cantor-Stone on Wendy Wasserstein's Tony Award

This Week in History: On June 4, 1989, Wendy Wasserstein became the first woman playwright to win the Tony Award. Miriam Cantor-Stone talks about the importance of Wendy Wasserstein's focus on women as complex characters instead of stereotypes.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Miriam Cantor-Stone on Wendy Wasserstein's Tony Award ." (Viewed on June 15, 2026) <https://qa.jwa.org/media/miriam-cantor-stone-on-wendy-wasserstein-winning-tony-award>.