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"Millennium Approaches" is the first play of the "Angels in America" dramatic series set in 1980s New York during the HIV/AIDS crisis. It's a wonderfully crafted play alternating between reality and hallucinations or dreams. The scenery is kept to a minimum.
The 1980s was a time of political conservatism and economic greed. The gay community was fighting for rights and survival when AIDS was discovered. The play is about the search for identity, homosexuality, theology, abandonment, and politics. ...more
The 1980s was a time of political conservatism and economic greed. The gay community was fighting for rights and survival when AIDS was discovered. The play is about the search for identity, homosexuality, theology, abandonment, and politics. ...more
Amazing, smart, compelling. I can't think of enough descriptors. This play about, I guess you could say-AIDS, has so many levels. It is about America-racism, sexism, corruption, politics, religion, marriage, homophobia, even anti-communism wrapped in heart-wrenching personal stories. I heard about this play about the time it and Part Two, Perestroika were first produced together in Los Angeles, but somehow I have never seen it. I even missed it when it came out as a made for TV movie that got ra
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