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Angels in America: Part One - Millennium Approaches

America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, six New Yorkers with interconnected lives grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell. This multi-award-winning production of Tony Kushner’s two-part play is directed by Marianne Elliott, with a cast including Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, Denise Gough and Russell Tovey. Broadcast live from the National Theatre's Lyttelton Theatre.

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Name Type Role
Tony Kushner Writer
Marianne Elliot Director
Bridget Caldwell Director
Amanda Lawrence Actor The Angel
Nathan Lane Actor Roy Cohn
Susan Brown Actor Hannah Pitt
Russell Tovey Actor Joseph Pitt
James McArdle Actor Louis Ironson
Denise Gough Actor Harper Pitt
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett Actor Belize
Andrew Garfield Actor Prior Walter