Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes is a set of two paired plays by Tony Kushner (1956-)[1].
Simply billed as Angels in America in some cases.
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The original text
The work is offers a complex metaphorical look at AIDS and homosexuality in the United States during the 1980s, and consists of two linked full-length plays, individually titled Part One: Millennium Approaches and Part Two: Perestroika. The two parts of the play may be presented separately or they can be done as one longer performance.
The work won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony Award for Best Play, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play. Part one of the play premiered in 1991, followed by part two in 1992.[1] Its Broadway opening was in 1993.[1]
The original text
Part 1: Millennium Approaches was first produced in Los Angeles in 1992.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1994: Part 1: Millennium Approaches had its first South African production in 1994, directed by Fred Abrahamse for PACT Drama and starring Sean Taylor as "Roy M. Cohn", Nicky Rebelo, Jennifer Steyn, David Butler, Robert Colman, Jacqui Singer, Sechaba Morojele, Rosalind Butler and Dale Cutts. Designer James MacNamara, lighting designer Stan Knight. Performed at the Momentum Theatre in Pretoria and the Alexander Theatre in Johannesburg.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Kushner
PACT Angels in America theatre programme, 1994.
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