Would ‘Angels’ Get Off the Ground Today?
This epic ‘gay fantasia’ emerged from the recession-wracked regional theatre of the early 1990s, but the field may be even more risk-averse now.
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This epic ‘gay fantasia’ emerged from the recession-wracked regional theatre of the early 1990s, but the field may be even more risk-averse now.
It’s not just all the arduous unpacking: AIDS, Reagan, the closet, Mormons. It’s also that the play’s millennial dread seems puzzling to post-millennials.
A massive new oral history recreates the drama behind Kushner’s modern epic, but does it do his ideas justice?
A new Atlanta revival of Kushner’s epic asks the big questions and finds fresh answers.
The historic Bay Area theatre will close after 45 years.
This week’s guest is English director Josette Bushell-Mingo, who discusses her Swedish production of ‘A Raisin in the Sun.’ Plus, the editors talk #tcg16, the Contemporary American Theatre Festival, and Pokemon Go.
With an HBO miniseries on the way, voices from inside and outside the theatre world reflect on enduring influence of Kushner’s epic.
HBO’s starry miniseries retains the sweep of Kushner’s epic.
Student production of Kushner’s epic finds refuge at Arena Stage.
‘Angels’ provokes a legal and cultural confrontation