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Tony Kushner's acclaimed: "Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes"
This two part epic-play explores sexual, ethnic, racial, and religious identity during the 1980s and the onset of AIDS.
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Nearly 30 years ago, "Angels in America" premiered San Fransico's tiny Eureka Theatre.
Within 2 years, it would win the Pulitzer Prize and begin a run on Broadway that would dominate the Tony Awards 2 years in a row, and change the way gay lives were represented in pop culture.
Within 2 years, it would win the Pulitzer Prize and begin a run on Broadway that would dominate the Tony Awards 2 years in a row, and change the way gay lives were represented in pop culture.
In 2 parts and 7 hours, it tells the story of people living in New York in the mid-1980's whose lives are profoundly affected by the AIDS epidemic.
It put gay men at the center of American politics and mythology at a time when the community was marginalized and dying in waves.
It put gay men at the center of American politics and mythology at a time when the community was marginalized and dying in waves.
The first part, "Millennium Approaches" premiered on Broadway in May 1993, while part two was still being written.
The second part of Kushner's sprawling and ambitious epic, "Perestroika," debuted in November 1993, with both halves performed in repertory. It was worth the wait.
The second part of Kushner's sprawling and ambitious epic, "Perestroika," debuted in November 1993, with both halves performed in repertory. It was worth the wait.
Milton Glaser was the brilliant artist who created the iconic artwork for both parts of the original Broadway production of "Angels in America."
Glasser, one of the most influential graphic designers of his generation, passed away earlier this week. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/milton-glaser-graphic-designer-who-put-the--in-new-york-dies-at-91/2020/06/27/1e609dbc-b828-11ea-aca5-ebb63d27e1ff_story.html
Glasser, one of the most influential graphic designers of his generation, passed away earlier this week. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/milton-glaser-graphic-designer-who-put-the--in-new-york-dies-at-91/2020/06/27/1e609dbc-b828-11ea-aca5-ebb63d27e1ff_story.html
"Angels in America" was adapted into a HBO miniseries in 2003, with Kushner returning to adapt his own two-part play for the screen.
It's a masterpiece in itself — starring Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Mary-Louise Parker, Emma Thompson, Justin Kirk, Jeffrey Wright, and Ben Shenkman.
It's a masterpiece in itself — starring Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Mary-Louise Parker, Emma Thompson, Justin Kirk, Jeffrey Wright, and Ben Shenkman.
Amid the COVID-19 crisis, you can't help but see the parallels to the onset of AIDs.
Angels "reveals incredibly accurate descriptions of what we are experiencing today: the power grasping and anti-intellectualism of our leaders and those who follow them." https://www.popmatters.com/tony-kushner-angles-in-america-2646168434.html?rebelltitem=2#rebelltitem2
Angels "reveals incredibly accurate descriptions of what we are experiencing today: the power grasping and anti-intellectualism of our leaders and those who follow them." https://www.popmatters.com/tony-kushner-angles-in-america-2646168434.html?rebelltitem=2#rebelltitem2
Moreover, Angels includes Trump's first fixer and mentor, Roy Cohn. He's the embodiment of the worst qualities one can possess.
He finds himself — a homophobic gay man — disbarred on his deathbed, dying of AIDs, yet shown more humanity than he deserves. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/04/donald-trump-roy-cohn-mentor-joseph-mccarthy-213799?o=0
He finds himself — a homophobic gay man — disbarred on his deathbed, dying of AIDs, yet shown more humanity than he deserves. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/04/donald-trump-roy-cohn-mentor-joseph-mccarthy-213799?o=0
I highly recommend reading Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize winning play, rushing to the nearest and soonest production of the epic, and immediately watching the faithful HBO miniseries adaptation online now!
I did so myself earlier this week, and I can't stop thinking about it.
I did so myself earlier this week, and I can't stop thinking about it.
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