Angels in America (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Tony Kushner
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Play
- Genres: Drama, Problem play
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Gay men, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Sex or sexuality, New York City, 1980’s, Death or dying, 1990’s, AIDS, Terminal illness or terminally ill, Diseases, Angels, Management
- Locales: New York, NY
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes consists of two plays: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika. Millennium Approaches opens with a funeral service for Louis Ironson's grandmother, who represents all of the horrendous experiences and hard-won values of immigrants to the United States.
Kushner elucidates two contrasting relationships that are at turning points: Mormons Joe and Harper Pitt (a married couple) and Louis Ironson and Prior Walter (a gay couple). The Pitts, who have moved from Utah to New York so that Joe could work as a...
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