debut on Broadway, where it ran for nearly two years. He received his third and final Tony nomination, this time for best book of a musical. Kopit's subsequent plays garnered much promotion now that he was a well-known writer, but were not as successful. For instance, End of the World (1984) lasted only four weeks on Broadway, before running at the Rainbow Theater in Norwalk State Technical College. He collaborated again with Yeston for Phantom, starting in 1983. However, investors withdrew from the Kopit–Yeston venture when The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber debuted at the West End in 1986 and on Broadway two years later. The two persisted nonetheless, and Phantom was released as a television mini-series in 1990, before having its stage premiere in Houston one year later. Kopit also produced an NBC police procedural titled "Hands of a Stranger" in 1987. He later wrote Road to Nirvana and Success, both of which debuted in 1991. Later years Kopit's last Broadway credit came in 1998 with High Society, which was based on The Philadelphia Story. His play Y2K premiered the following year off-Broadway. He soon retitled it Because He Can after the predicted eponymous problems did not take place. He donated his papers to the Fales Library at New York University in 2005. He taught at Yale University and the City College of New York throughout his career. Nine returned to Broadway in 2003, with Antonio Banderas as Guido. It ended up winning two Tony Awards, including best revival of a musical. Rob Marshall later directed the film Nine in 2009 based on Kopit's script. The principal cast consisted of Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Sophia Loren, Kate Hudson, and Fergie. Kopit was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2017. Personal life Kopit married Leslie Garis in 1968. They remained married for 53 years until his death. Together, they had three children: Alex, Ben, and Kat. Kopit died on April 2, 2021, at his home in Manhattan. He was 83 and suffered from progressive Lewy body dementia prior to his death. Works Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (1963) Chamber Music (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