1. Elizabeth S "Lisa" Kron was born on May 20,1961 and is an American actress and playwright.
24 Facts About Lisa Kron
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Lisa Kron is best known for writing the lyrics and book for the musical Fun Home, for which she won both the Tony Award for Best Original Score and the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical.
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Lisa Kron's mother is Ann Kron, born in 1932, a former antiques dealer and community activist.
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Lisa Kron's father is Walter Kron, a retired lawyer born in Germany in 1922.
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Lisa Kron was born to a Jewish family, and is a Holocaust survivor.
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Lisa Kron went back to Germany after World War II, serving as a US army interrogator of Nazi war criminals.
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Lisa Kron later found out that her father's parents were actually killed in Chelmno.
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Lisa Kron is a sound engineer and is married with a son.
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Lisa Kron's parents sent her to the school in an effort to help integrate it.
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Lisa Kron graduated from Everett High School as a valedictorian in 1979.
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Lisa Kron attended Kalamazoo College, where she majored in theatre.
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Lisa Kron furthered her studies at Chautauqua Professional Actors Studio and the British European Studies Group in London.
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Lisa Kron wrote the book and lyrics, and Tony-nominated composer Jeanine Tesori wrote the score.
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Lisa Kron discussed the process of adapting another person's work in an interview for GLAAD.
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Lisa Kron has already established herself as a vibrant family memoirist with her plays 2.5 Minute Ride and Well, and her book and resonantly precise lyrics give this show its essential spine.
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Lisa Kron's works are humorous and poignant looks at life by someone who has often described herself an outsider.
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Lisa Kron worked as an office temp and various other jobs while pursuing an acting career.
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Lisa Kron was performing at the WOW Cafe, a creative venue for women in the performing arts in the East Village, Manhattan.
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Lisa Kron developed stories about her family into autobiographical plays and performed them in New York and London.
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Lisa Kron was nominated for Actress in a Play and Jayne Houdyshell was nominated for Featured Actress in a Play.
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Lisa Kron received the 27th Annual Kleban Prize in 2017 for the most promising musical theatre librettist; the award includes a $100,000 prize.
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Lisa Kron has lived in New York City since 1984 and is a full-time actress.
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Lisa Kron teaches playwriting part-time at Yale University and New York University.
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Lisa Kron is married to fellow Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Madeleine George.