1) stage production before it moved to broadway (pre-1993:LA, San Fran, London)
2) original broadway production (1993)
3) non NYC production (since 93)
4) a college production
5) the HBO mini-series
THE HBO MINI-SERIES
Angels In America
The powerful AIDS play comes to HBO and DVD.
by Adam Tierney
September 30, 2004
http://dvd.ign.com/articles/552/552427p1.html
"The film tends to sway between scenes of realism and complete fantasy. Some of these involve angelic figures, some drug hallucinations and fever dreams about long-dead ancestors. While visually-impressive, they tend to break up the scenes a bit too much and destroy the subtle emotion that's been building in favor of blunt realizations. And the film works best when it's at its subtlest. The explosive scenes are powerful, but they leave nothing to the imagination."
2) original broadway production (1993)
3) non NYC production (since 93)
4) a college production
5) the HBO mini-series
THE HBO MINI-SERIES
Angels In America
The powerful AIDS play comes to HBO and DVD.
by Adam Tierney
September 30, 2004
http://dvd.ign.com/articles/552/552427p1.html
"The film tends to sway between scenes of realism and complete fantasy. Some of these involve angelic figures, some drug hallucinations and fever dreams about long-dead ancestors. While visually-impressive, they tend to break up the scenes a bit too much and destroy the subtle emotion that's been building in favor of blunt realizations. And the film works best when it's at its subtlest. The explosive scenes are powerful, but they leave nothing to the imagination."
Adam Tierney reviewed the Golden Globe award winning HBO mini-series adaption of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize winning play "Angels in America." In the beginning half of the review Tierney summarizes the plot of the six-hour show, naming the actors who played each character as they're introduced to the story. Working behind the scenes were director Mike Nichols and composer Thomas Newman. While impressed by the evolution and development of the characters through lengthy conversations, Tierney sometimes grew tired of the montages of emotional screaming. Also complimenting the visual effects, he complains that they sometimes interfere with the simplicity of the text; however, he still says it to the "best-paced mini-series" he has seen.
College Production
Angels in America' Challenges Students at Wabash College
By Lawrence Biemiller
Copyright © 1996 by The Chronicle of Higher Education. Published October 18, 1996.
http://www.iceandcoal.org/nfa/angels.html
"Repeated attacks by a conservative student publication, The Commentary, had left the cast, and the campus, jittery. Stapled to every program was a warning that "planned demonstrations" might occur during the performance, and rumors nagged at the theater department all Wednesday afternoon."
College Production
Angels in America' Challenges Students at Wabash College
By Lawrence Biemiller
Copyright © 1996 by The Chronicle of Higher Education. Published October 18, 1996.
http://www.iceandcoal.org/nfa/angels.html
"Repeated attacks by a conservative student publication, The Commentary, had left the cast, and the campus, jittery. Stapled to every program was a warning that "planned demonstrations" might occur during the performance, and rumors nagged at the theater department all Wednesday afternoon."
Wabash College, an all-male school of under 1,000, performed "Millennium Approaches," the first half of Tony Kushner's "Angels in America," in a performance that would be proclaimed at NYU. Reviewer Lawerence Biemiller spends little time giving an in-depth summary of the play, but instead dives right into a specific moment in it where Prior portrays Judy Garland and was surprised nobody walked out! The next two paragraphs are spent explaining a student organization and others who protested the show due to its content. In contrast to the negativity from some fellow students, Biemiller ensures readers that other students saw the play as a reflection of the world they are living in. Biemille also interviews the director, James Fisher, who knew from the start that he was pushing the envelope with this production. The actors are then asked about their thoughts on the play and how they developed their characters, each finding it rather difficult. Despite the controversey, the remaining audience members gave the performance a standing ovation.
Non-NYC Production (post 1993)
Non-NYC Production (post 1993)
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika Citizen's Theater, Glasgow
By Mark Fisher
reviewed May 1 and 2, 2007
"But although its concerns with Reaganite politics, the rationing of the anti-HIV drug AZT and the corrupt practices of a certain Gotham lawyer place it firmly in the mid-1980s, "Angels in America" seems more prophetic than ever..."
Mark Fisher critiqued the performance of "Angels in America" in Glasgow's Headlong Theatre. He starts off by defending the choice to do a play that takes place in the 1980's. Connecting the problems we face today with the parraled problems faced in the play, Fisher commends director Daniel Kramer on not only expressing these similarities through his direction, but doing so in a manner that is not overwhelming. Fisher's compliments continue as he acclaims the lead and supporting cast, giving mini-descriptions to some of the characters. After seven hours of enticing Fisher with this new world, he found it hard to escape.
Original Broadway Production (NYC 1993)
Early Stage Production (pre 1993)
