Angels on Stage

Fishko Files | Apr 19, 2017

The National Theatre in London is calling Tony Kushner’s two-part epic Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes the centerpiece of their programming this year. This archival Fishko Files looks back at the original 1991 Broadway production. (Produced in 2005)

Angels in America (Part One: Millennium Approaches & Part Two: Perestroika) is at the National Theatre through Saturday, August 19.

 

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