National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
A Gay Fantasia On National Themes
2017 · 221 min · ★ 8.1 · Drama
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.
Directed by Marianne Elliott
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Andrew Garfield Prior Walter -
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 - S Stuart Angell Angel Shadow
- L Laura Caldow Angel Shadow
- C Claire Lambert Angel Shadow
- B Becky Namgauds Angel Shadow
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