

National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
“A Gay Fantasia On National Themes”
Overview
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.
Top Cast

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
Stuart Angell
Angel Shadow
Laura Caldow
Angel Shadow
Claire Lambert
Angel Shadow
Becky Namgauds
Angel Shadow
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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