National Theatre Live. "The show's a start to finish sensation. The performances and the plays absolutely fly." - Daily Telegraph
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.
Andrew Garfield (Silence, Hacksaw Ridge) plays Prior Walter along with a cast including Denise Gough (People, Places and Things), Nathan Lane (The Producers), James McArdle (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Russell Tovey (The Pass).
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 (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and War Horse). Part One: Millennium Approaches was first performed at the National Theatre in 1992 and was followed by Part Two: Perestroika the following year.
Part One: Millennium Approaches [1]will be screened July 18, 19.
"Marianne Elliot directs this courageous revival of Tony Kushner's classic with immense rigour, underpinned by piercingly authentic performances. A true theatrical epic." - Evening Standard
"A blistering production. The entire cast are superb." - What's on Stage
Running Time: Part One is about 3 hours and 30 minutes, with two 15-minute intervals. Part Two is about 4 hours and 15 minutes with two 15-minute intervals