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GREAT AMERICAN EPIC

Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches

  • Credits

    By Tony Kushner
    Directed by János Szász

  • Location

    Fichandler Stage

  • Run Time

    Approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes, with one 15-minute intermission.

"'angels in america' is back in freshly provocative, exhilarating form"

 Peter Marks, The Washington Post

Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning drama Angels in America is one of the great epic American plays of this past century. We meet Louis and Prior and Harper and Joe, two couples whose relationships are on the rocks; the former because of Prior’s AIDS diagnosis and Louis’ inability to cope with illness, and the latter because of Joe’s closeted homosexuality and Harper’s incessant fears and hallucinations. The brilliant Hungarian director and filmmaker János Szász will stage Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches in-the-round 30 years after its Broadway premiere.

Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches is sponsored by AARP with additional support by Patricia and David Fisher and Andrew R. Ammerman.

Cast

JOHN AUSTIN

Joe Pitt/Prior I/Eskimo

FRANK BRITTON

u/s Roy Cohn/Belize

MICHAEL KEVIN DARNALL

Louis Ironson

VERONICA del CERRO

u/s Hannah Pitt/Harper Pitt/The Angel

EDWARD GERO

Roy Cohn/Prior II

BRANDON HAAGENSON

u/s Joe Pitt/Louis Ironson/Prior Walter

BILLIE KRISHAWN

The Angel/Emily/Sister Ella/Homeless Woman

SUSAN ROME

Hannah Pitt/Rabbi/Henry/Ethel Rosenberg

JUSTIN WEAKS

Belize/Mr. Lies

NICK WESTRATE

Prior Walter/Man in Park

DEBORAH ANN WOLL

Harper Pitt/Martin Heller

Creative

TONY KUSHNER

Playwright

JÁNOS SZÁSZ

Director

MARUTI EVANS

Set Designer

OANA BOTEZ

Costume Designer

CHRISTOPHER AKERLIND

Lighting Designer

FABIAN OBISPO

Original Music and Sound Designer

THE WIG ASSOCIATES

Wig and Makeup Designer

OTIS RAMSEY-ZÖE

Dramaturg

ZOË ELIZABETH LILLIS

Dramaturg

JOSEPH PINZON

Casting Director

JZ CASTING/GEOFF JOSSELSON, C.S.A. and KATJA ZAROLINSKI, C.S.A.

New York Casting

CHRIS De CAMILLIS

Stage Manager

DAYNE SUNDMAN

Assistant Stage Manager

LEIGH ROBINETTE

Assistant Stage Manager

Photos

Billie Krishawn (The Angel) in "Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches" at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater running March 24 through April 23. Photo by Margot Schulman.
Susan Rome (Rabbi), Nick Westrate (Prior Walter), and Michael Kevin Darnall (Louis Ironson) in "Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches" at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater running March 24 through April 23. Photo by Margot Schulman.
John Austin (Joe Pitt) and Deborah Ann Woll (Harper Pitt) in "Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches" at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater running March 24 through April 23. Photo by Margot Schulman.
Susan Rome (Henry) and Edward Gero (Roy Cohn) in "Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches" at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater running March 24 through April 23. Photo by Margot Schulman.
Nick Westrate (Prior Walter) and Justin Weaks (Belize) in "Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches" at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater running March 24 through April 23. Photo by Margot Schulman.
Nick Westrate (Prior Walter) in "Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches" at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater running March 24 through April 23. Photo by Margot Schulman.
Michael Kevin Darnall (Louis Ironson) in "Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches" at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater running March 24 through April 23. Photo by Margot Schulman.
Justin Weaks (Mr. Lies) in "Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches" at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater running March 24 through April 23. Photo by Margot Schulman.

Videos

Angels in America In the News

FOX 5 DC

Deborah Ann Woll and Nick Westrate visit FOX 5 DC to talk Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches

THE WASHINGTON POST

‘Angels in America’ is back in freshly provocative, exhilarating form

FOX 5 DC

AIDS Memorial Quilt on display at DC's Arena Stage

WASHINGTON CITY PAPER

“Arena Stage’s new Angels in America puts an era’s biggest play on the region’s most panoramic stage.”

MARYLAND THEATRE GUIDE

“a MUST-SEE production of a classic…the BEST kind of theatre, in the most REVELATORY of ways”

TALKIN' BROADWAY

“ASTONISHING and BEAUTIFUL production… [Szász] has found a fascinating lens through which to tell [the play’s] stories”

THE WASHINGTON POST

With ‘Angels in America,’ a Hungarian director puts down roots in U.S.

DC THEATER ARTS

Breathtaking and prophetic ‘Angels in America’ takes flight at Arena

DC THEATER ARTS

At play in the ashes of the dead: János Szász on directing ‘Angels in America’

METRO WEEKLY

Arena’s powerful 'Angels in America, Part One' goes big, matching the colossal scale of Tony Kushner’s epic chronicle of a plague.

BROADWAYWORLD

“in this production, the envelope has been torn open and the results are worth it”

WASHINGTON CITY PAPER

“Director János Szász presents a bold take on the first part of Tony Kushner’s ‘gay fantasia on national themes.’”

DREW MORRIS

“outstanding casting, superb performances all around…these are roles that require range and nuance, and that’s what we’ve gotten” 

UNPROFESSIONAL OPINION

SEE IT: An impressively creative “Angels” unlike any you will ever see

TWO HOURS' TRAFFIC

“Szász is demonstrating how much we need to treat even our modern canon with the same energy of reinvention as we do the classical canon”

D.R. LEWIS WRITES

“Szász’s Angels magnifies the line between reality and fantasy that lies at the heart of Kushner’s play”

WTOP

‘Where’s my Roy Cohn?’ Ed Gero tackles AIDS crisis in ‘Angels in America’ at Arena Stage

THE WASHINGTON INFORMER

‘Angels in America’ Tackles Tough Topics in Fantastical Show

THE GEORGETOWNER

“Millennium Approaches” is a tour de force…given a fittingly cerebral freshness in this production”

STAGE AND CINEMA

“An Angelic Production”

NEA ARTS WORKS

Behind the scenes with two members of Arena Stage’s creative team: Dramaturg and literary manager Otis Ramsey-Zöe and Casting Director Joseph Pinzon.

BROADWAYWORLD

Interview: Theatre Life with Susan Rome

A THEATRE-GOER'S THOUGHTS

“Szász directs a cast of remarkable talent.” 

THE WASHINGTON BLADE

Gay actor went after role in ‘Angels in America’ like a bloodhound

DISTRICT FRAY

"Angels in America" Flies Into Arena Stage

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Weekend Roundup, See Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches

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