Ayad Akhtar's 'Junk' Wins 2018 Kennedy Prize for Drama
Akhtar will receive a cash prize of $100,000 for his play about junk bond tycoons of the 1980s.
Today is Saturday, June 27, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Yancey Arias Michael Ball Michael Mayer Doc Pomus Lewis Allen Peter Bayliss I.A.L. Diamond Ray McDonald Richard Bissell Audrey Christie Billy Curtis Sydney Mason Maceo Pinkard Moroni Olsen Antoinette Perry George Stewart Carroll McComas Watson Barratt Reginald Mason Gertrude Graham William Clifford John Golden May Irwin Sandra Smith Joe Sikora Meera Syal Eric Simonson Jim Cartwright Julia Duffy Fred Stuthman Anthony Sbarbaro Jacques Deval