ANGELS IN AMERICA

Part ONE: MILLENNIUM Approaches

Tony Kushner’s sweeping drama unfolds in Reagan’s embittered America, as its glorious protagonists wrestle with life, death, heaven and hell.

Plagued by the ghosts of his ancestors and abandoned by his lover, AIDS-infected Prior Walter is visited by angels. Elsewhere, closeted political fixer Roy Cohn denies he has the virus and strives to preserve his reputation.

In this swirling hot pot of boisterous modern America, the nation’s reaction to the sickness – and its sufferers – is laid bare.