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.

The original text

The work 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.

Part one of the play premiered in 1991, followed by part two in 1992, and the entire play had its Broadway opening in 1993.

The work received a large number of awards at its appearance, among them the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony Award for Best Play, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play.

The original text

Part 1: Millennium Approaches was first produced in Los Angeles in 1992.

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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