Angels in America

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Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes is a 1991 two-part play by American playwright Tony Kushner. The two parts of the play, Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, are occasionally presented separately. The work won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony Award for Best Play, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play. Part one of the play premiered in 1991, followed by part two in 1992. The full play premiered in 1992 at Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles. Later that same year it had its UK premiere at the National Theatre in London, while its Broadway opening was in 1993. In 2017, Angels in America received a much-acclaimed National Theatre revival that won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Revival. Later that year, the production transferred to Broadway, where it won three Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Play. The play is a complex, often metaphorical, and at times symbolic examination of AIDS and homosexuality in the United States...

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