National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches

Jul 20, 2017

3h 5m

★ 8.1

A Gay Fantasia On National Themes

Overview

The National Theatre's live theatrical production of Tony Kushner's two-part play 'Angels In America' about New Yorkers grappling with the AIDS crisis during the mid-1980s.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

National Theatre

National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches Trailers

Cast

Prior Walter/The Man In The Park

Andrew Garfield

Roy M. Cohn/Prior 2

Nathan Lane

Hannah Pitt/Rabbi Chemelwitz/Roy's Doctor/Ethel Rosenberg

Susan Brown

Harper Pitt/Martin Heller

Denise Gough

The Angel/The Voice/Nurse Emily/Sister Chapter/Homeless Woman

Amanda Lawrence

Louis Ironson

James McArdle

Belize/Mr. Lies

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett

Joseph Pitt/Prior 1/The Eskimo

Russell Tovey

Angel Shadow

Stuart Angell

Angel Shadow

Laura Caldow

Angel Shadow

Claire Lambert

Angel Shadow

Becky Namgauds

Sofiane lives in a high-rise block at the edges of Paris. A violent young man, he tries to be like his gang of friends. However, Sofiane is attracted to guys. Through his contradictions, he embodies the confusion of today's idle young people who have lost their bearings and live withdrawn into themselves.

6.8

Nowhere

May 9, 1997

In Los Angeles, a colorful assortment of bohemians try to make sense of their intersecting lives. The moody Dark Smith, his bisexual girlfriend, her lesbian lover and their shy gay friend plan on attending the wildest party of the year. But they'll only make it if they can survive the drug trips, suicides, trysts, mutilations and alien abductions that occur as one surreal day unfolds.

6.2

A Chorus Line

Dec 10, 1985

A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach. After the initial eliminations, seventeen hopefuls remain, among them Cassie, who once had a tempestuous romantic relationship with Zach. She is desperate enough for work to humble herself and audition for him; whether he's willing to let professionalism overcome his personal feelings about their past remains to be seen.

5.2

The Next Best Thing

Mar 3, 2000

A comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie, the other a gay man, Robert - who decide to have a child together. Five years later, Abbie falls in love with a straight man and wants to move away with her and Robert's little boy Sam, and a nasty custody battle ensues.

6.8

Rent

Nov 17, 2005

In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.

7.2

We Shall Overcome

Mar 24, 2006

A drama about a boy who's inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and challenges repressive school authority in 1969 Denmark.

7.1

Turtles

May 15, 2024

Henri and Thom live together in Brussels and have been in perfect love for 35 years, or so it seems. Since Henri retired as a policeman, nothing has gone right. His days are dull and endless, his feelings are fading and their home has become a battlefield. Still in love, Thom is ready to do anything to rekindle the flame and save their relationship, even if it means asking for a divorce himself.

5.9

2 Cool 2 Be 4gotten

Nov 17, 2016

Felix is a friendless achiever in high school whose life changes after the arrival of the half-American Snyder brothers, entangling him in their dark ambitions.

6.5

2:37

May 26, 2006

A contemporary, ensemble drama that tells the complex tale of six high school students whose lives are interwoven with situations that so many of today's youth are faced with. The story takes place during a normal school day. At precisely 2:37 a tragedy will occur, affecting the lives of a group of students and their teachers.

7.3

A Naked Boy

Oct 31, 2015

A forty-five-year-old history teacher, Jin-tae, has hallucinations about one of his students.

5.9

Falling Star

Jan 26, 2014

During a brief rule towards the end of the 19th century, the Italian duke Amadeo of Savoy occupied the Spanish throne. However, confined to the safety of life within the palace walls, the lonely, frustrated king and his servants succumb to playful adventures focused more on pleasure than his duties.

8.2

National Theatre Live: Coriolanus

Jan 29, 2014

When an old adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on her hero and defender: Coriolanus. But he has enemies at home too. Famine threatens the city, the citizens’ hunger swells to an appetite for change, and on returning from the field Coriolanus must confront the march of realpolitik and the voice of an angry people.

7.3

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

May 31, 1994

Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.

6.2

American Gigolo

Feb 1, 1980

Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins pumping him for details on his different clients, something he is reluctant to do considering the nature of his work. Julian begins to suspect he's being framed. Meanwhile Michelle begins to fall in love with him.

5.8

Shared Rooms

May 14, 2016

A romantic comedy that brings together three interrelated tales of gay men seeking family, love and sex during the holiday season.

6.7

The Falls: Covenant of Grace

Sep 1, 2016

Chris and RJ, former Mormon missionaries who fell in love seven years ago, are struggling to make their relationship work amid conflicts with their families and their faith. Determined to finally find closure and put the past behind them, the two men set in motion a quest for unconditional love that ultimately leads to the very top of the LDS leadership.