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Angels in America

Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes

art material performance performance play core Lifetime Path planned

Creators

  • Tony Kushner, author

Canon Rationale

A core late twentieth-century American drama, included for AIDS, queer politics, religion, epic theatrical form, national fantasy, and contemporary performance history.

Path

Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 91.

Evidence

  • handbook: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Angels in America'.
  • prize: The Pulitzer Prizes, Drama prize listings including Tony Kushner, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches.

Audit Flags

version dependency, access preservation required, performance context required

Sensitivity Flags

performance context required

Completion unit: watch both parts in a complete staged or professionally documented production, with the production/version recorded. Reading both complete plays can count only when no credible production is available. Mark it complete when you can explain AIDS history, queer politics, religion, epic form, and the production choices you saw.

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