Angels in America: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''"Greetings, Prophet;''

''The Great Work begins:''

 

''[[Angels in America]]'' (subtitled ''A Gay Fantasia on National Themes'') is a Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play written by Tony Kushner. It is presented in two parts, ''Millennium Approaches'' and ''Perestroika'', each of which runs roughly three hours long. The two parts premiered in California in 1991 and 1992, respectively, and were produced on Broadway together in 1993.

 

The cast of the original [[New York City]] production in 1992 and 1993:

 

A [[Miniseries]] based on the play aired on HBO in 2003, directed by [[Mike Nichols]] and starring Justin Kirk, Ben Shenkman, Emma Thompson, [[Al Pacino]], [[Meryl Streep]], Mary-Louise Parker, Patrick Wilson, and original cast member Jeffrey Wright. It went on to surpass ''Roots'' for most Emmys won by a program in a single year.

 

This play also has a [[Angels in America/Characters|character sheet]].

 

* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: Kushner himself, as writer of the [[Miniseries]], cut a good deal of material from the ''Perestroika'' segments, most of it unnecessary, and most of it Kushner recommends to be cut on stage as well (if time is an issue) in the published script.

* [[All Just a Dream]]/[[Or Was It a Dream?]]: Played with using Harper's Valium-induced hallucinations and Prior's visions. The work as a whole, however, is not.

* [[Be All My Sins Remembered]]: Louis.

* [[Black Best Friend]]: Belize to Prior.

* [[Bury Your Gays]]: Averted. Though funerals are shown (or alluded to) for Prior, Louis, and Belize's friends who've died of AIDS, the only one of the main gay cast to die is {{spoiler|the morally reprehensible (and deeply closeted) Roy Cohn.}}

* [[But Not Too Gay]]: in the miniseries.

 

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