Angels in America Option #2

College Production
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches by UCSD Theatre and Dance
By Rob Hopper, San Diego Playbill
http://www.sandiegoplaybill.com/reviews/reviews_angelsinamerica_ucsd.html
"In playwright Tony Kushner’s remarkably witty, tragic, yet hopeful play, spirituality and fantasy mix freely with politics and reality in a strange and very unique blend."
Hopper is impressed by the acting in the show. He writes an entire paragraph just for Corey Brill (Prior) and goes on to include the fellow actors in the next Adam Smith (Louis), Christine Albright (Harper), Amy Stewart (Rabbi Isidor Chemelwitz), and Simone Moore (Bag Lady). He states the general plot summary, and is impressed with the technical aspects of the show.

Stage Production Before It Moved To Broadway
Gut-wrenching saga. Angels in America, Clottesloe National Theatre, London
by Carol Woddis, The Herald (Glasgow), January 28, 1992
http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T5779639559&format=GNBFI&sort=DATE,A,H&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T5779591312&cisb=22_T5779639562&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=142728&docNo=9
"THE chutzpah and the achievement fair take the breath away. Tony Kushner's Angels in America is extraordinary."
The author is impressed with the content of the play even though she is surprised it would come from an American playwright instead of a British one. She says that it is a very political piece that confronts both death and homosexuality. She also states that although it is three hours in length, that the emotion of the piece makes it seem much longer.


Original Broadway Production
Angels Over Broadway
by Vit Wagner, Toronto Star, May 9, 1993
http://www.lexisnexis.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T5786159746&format=GNBFI&sort=DATE,A,H&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T5786148960&cisb=22_T5786159748&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=8286&docNo=25
"Who knows? Maybe there really are angels in America. And even on Broadway, too."
Vit Wagner says the play was anticipated for broadway after how well it had done in London, and that with two amazing reviews by Frank Rich that it should be an amazing show. He says the original seven hours were cut down to two different parts and the audience will have to be satisfied with only one part for now, but it is worth the wait. He also states that the acting is brilliant and deserves nominations.


A Non-NYC based Production Since 1993
The Sweep of 'Angels' is Profound
by Louis Kennedy, The Boston Globe, January 30, 2008
http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T5779745454&format=GNBFI&sort=DATE,A,H&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T5779591312&cisb=22_T5779745457&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=8110&docNo=2
""Perestroika," the second part of Tony Kushner's epic "Angels in America," is shaggier, stranger, and even more far-flung than its predecessor, "Millennium Approaches.""
Louis Kennedy states that the production feels too orderly, too visually symmetrical, to convey the sense of searching for a way to rebuild amid the rubble that "Perestroika" demands. She is impressed with the acting of Tyler Reilly as Prior and Bree Elrod as Harper Pitt. Although she is not impressed with the angel and the "too-cute" costumes she wore.


HBO Series
Angels in America
by Tim Pratt, South China Morning Post, December 5, 2004
http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T5718173814&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T5717925564&cisb=22_T5718173817&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=11314&docNo=3
"The series: Angels in America has raised the bar for the adaptation of a play for the screen."
Tim Pratt is states that he is impressed with the acting. Also, that the show is very addictive and you will want to watch more than one episode in a sitting. He also says that the show is dealt very realistically with the occasionally visit of magic realism. Pratt wants HBO to include the extras, such as deleted scenes soon.