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National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
“A Gay Fantasia On National Themes”
8.1 / 10• 2017• 3h 41m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell. This new staging of Tony Kushner's multi-award winning two-part play, Angels In America: A Gay Fantasia On National Themes, is directed by Olivier and Tony award winning director Marianne Elliott.
Cast & Crew
Andrew Garfield
Prior Walter
Lead
Nathan Lane
Roy M. Cohn/The Angel Antarctica
Susan Brown
Hannah Pitt/Aleksii/Doctor/Ethel Rosenberg/The Angel Asiatica
Denise Gough
Harper Pitt/The Angel Africanii
Amanda Lawrence
The Angel/Voice Of Orrin/Mormon Centre Mother/Nurse Emily
James McArdle
Louis Ironson/The Angel Australia
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett
Belize/Mr. Lies/Voice Of Caleb/The Angel Oceania
Russell Tovey
Joseph Pitt/Mormon Centre Father/The Angel Europa
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Marianne Elliott's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
