#2 in Drama & theatre
Angels in America
- 272
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama
- Tony Award for Best Play
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Our view
“Angels in America” is a vast, ambitious and deeply moving play about being gay in America. Tony Kushner’s subtitle calls it a gay fantasia, and across its two parts, “Millennium Approaches” and “Perestroika”, many separate threads come together. Some readers are struck by how human the characters are, weaknesses and fears included, and by how much hope the play finds in dark material. It works on the page as well as in the theatre.
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About the book
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes is a 1991 two-part play by American playwright Tony Kushner. The two parts of the play, Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, are occasionally presented separately. The work won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony Award for Best Play, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play. Part one of the play premiered in 1991, followed by part two in 1992. The full play premiered in 1992 at Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles. Later that same year it had its UK premiere at the National Theatre in London, while its Broadway opening was in 1993.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.7 across 87 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 37% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Drama & theatre average of 7.6. That is how 8.1 comes out. A further +0.10 comes from the small bonus for major awards.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8.7 | 87 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Angels in America?
It has 272 pages — longer than 92% of the ranked books in Drama & theatre.
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