Arthur Kopit, 3-time Tony-nominated playwright, dies at 83 He was also a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist. By MARK KENNEDYAssociated Press Share NEW YORK — Arthur Kopit, a three-time Tony Award-nominated playwright and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist known for fusing disparate genres, absurdism and a darkly comic world view, has died. He was 83. Kopit died Friday, said Rick Miramontez, a senior publicist at DKC/O&M PR. No other details were available. Playwright Arthur Kopit in 1990 in Los Angeles. Nick Ut/Associated Press, file Kopit earned a Tony nod in 1970 for “Indians,” a critique of the Vietnam War and America’s treatment of Native Americans that starred Stacy Keach as Buffalo Bill. Nine years later, he received another nomination for “Wings,” the story of a stroke victim’s recovery starring Constance Cummings. Both “Indians” and “Wings” were Pulitzer finalists for drama.