Project #2: Angels in America: Part 1: Millenium Approaches: Option #2

Pre-Broadway
On Stage, and Off
By BRUCE WEBER
Published: December 4, 1992, Friday

http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9E0CE0DC1039F937A35751C1A964958260
"political in theme, historical in scope, fantastical in its theatrics, savage in its humor and, not incidentally, homosexual in its outlook"

Tony Kushner was 36 when he wrote Angels in America. He tried to make the play "political in theme, historical in scope, fantastical in its theatrics, savage in its humor and, not incidentally, homosexual in its outlook." His efforts rewarded him in Los Angeles, London and soon New York.

Broadway
Angels in America. - Walter Kerr Theater, New York, New York - theater reviews
by Scott Tucker
Nov-Dec, 1993

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1374/is_n6_v53/ai_14289343
"Tony Kushner's epic drama"

"A Gay Fantasia on National Themes" is the subtitle Kushner has given his play. Finally homosexual consciousness, which has been the underground force behind leading art movements in America since World War II, is out in the open. Louis, for all of his leftist idealism, abandons a lover dying of AIDS; and Joe emerges from the closet as a gay man, while his wife retreats into a fantasy world.


Non-NYC Professional
Theatre Review (Boston): Angels in America
Written by Greg Hard
Published February 01, 2008

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/02/01/154041.php
"The relationships it depicts, and its themes of human frailty, mortality, moral choices, and political corruption, all transcend time"

Boston Theatre Works has performed Angels in America for the first time in a decade. The set and lighting were minimal. Jason Southerland, the artistic director stayed true to the script and didn't altar the obscene parts of this play.



College/University
K-College theater hits most notes of 'Angels in America' just right
Posted by Mark Wedel
May 16, 2008 07:27AM

http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/05/kcollege_theater_hits_most_not.html
"Tony Kushner's Tony and Pulitzer winning masterpiece hits notes of love, guilt, sexuality, politics, fear, disease, evil, history, religion, comedy, tragedy and death, all played through quick scenes packed into around three hours."

At Kalamazoo's College Festival Playhouse, Angels in America was performed on May 16, 2008 and directed by Rebecca Patterson. Angels in America is set in the 1980's during the AIDS crisis. The characters either suffer from AIDS, have a pill popping addiction or have an inner struggle with their sexuality.


HBO Mini Series
Angels in America (2003)
Reviewed by Harry Jacobs Summers
Nursing Editor: Sandy Summers, MSN, MPH, RN
Reviewed April 4, 2004

http://www.nursingadvocacy.org/media/films/angels.html
"The six-hour movie is a dazzling exploration of faith, politics and sexuality in the United States soon after the start of the AIDS era"

This HBO mini series of Angel in America stars actors like Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Jeffrey Wright and is directed by Mike Nichols. It is a six hour movie based on the stage play by Tony Kushner. The series follows the plot of the original play script and is six hours long.