Angels in America by Tony Kushner

American playwright Tony Kushner has written a two-part play titled Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Numerous honors were bestowed upon the piece, including the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, the Tony Award for Best Play, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. This is also one of the Best Plays Of All Times. The play's first act debuted in 1991, and the second act did so in 1992. It debuted on Broadway in 1993.

The play is a sophisticated, frequently allegorical, and occasionally symbolic discussion of AIDS and homosexuality in 1980s America. Some main and minor characters are ghosts or the spirits of deceased people (ghosts). Multiple actors can portray multiple roles in the play. One homosexual and one straight couple in Manhattan are initially and mostly the focus of the tale, which also includes various other storylines, some of which periodically intersect. The play's two sections, Perestroika and Millennium Approaches, can be performed individually. The play's description, "A Gay Fantasia on National Themes," accurately describes everything that happens, and this one thrills because to Kushner's audacious narrative and unrestrained creativity.

The drama underwent a highly regarded West End revival in 2017, which took home the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Revival in 2018. The show moved to Broadway later that year and got eleven Tony Award nominations, which at the time was a record for a play. Best Revival of a Play, Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Ashley Garfield), and Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Nathan Lane) were the accolades it received.

Written by: Tony Kushner

Created: 1991