8.9Is National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika worth watching?
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America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell. This new staging of Tony Kushner's multi-award winning two-part play, Angels In America: A Gay Fantasia On National Themes, is directed by Olivier and Tony award winning director Marianne Elliott.
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Andrew GarfieldPrior Walter
Nathan LaneRoy M. Cohn/The Angel Antarctica
Susan BrownHannah Pitt/Aleksii/Doctor/Ethel Rosenberg/The Angel Asiatica
Denise GoughHarper Pitt/The Angel Africanii
Amanda LawrenceThe Angel/Voice Of Orrin/Mormon Centre Mother/Nurse Emily
James McArdleLouis Ironson/The Angel Australia
Nathan Stewart-JarrettBelize/Mr. Lies/Voice Of Caleb/The Angel Oceania
Russell ToveyJoseph Pitt/Mormon Centre Father/The Angel Europa
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- Marianne Elliott
- Written by
- Tony Kushner
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- Flo Buckeridge, Kate Moore
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- Adrian Sutton
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Facts
July 27, 2017 · 3 h 41 min · Sexual Content, Strong Language, Suicide Themes
- Released
- July 27, 2017
- Runtime
- 3 h 41 min
- Content
- Sexual Content, Strong Language, Suicide Themes
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- United Kingdom
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Is National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika a sequel?
- National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches (2017)
- National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika (2017)
Yes: it's movie 2 of 2 in its series, after National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches (2017).
Can I half-watch National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika?
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No, it needs your attention: the title analysis rates it 9 of 10 for complexity and 9 for philosophical.
Will National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika make me laugh?
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Yes: the humor is mostly sharp wit (8 of 10) and satire (7 of 10).