Angels in America, Part 1: The Millennium Approaches
Date and time
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, November 10, 2016
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Mature language and content
It's 1985, and both the "Reagan revolution" and the AIDS epidemic are well underway. In New York City, the relationships of two couples are unraveling. Prior discovers that he has AIDS. Louis, his lover, soon abandons him and takes up with Joe, whose wife has retreated to a Valium-induced, hallucinogenic state. Both the couples' personal bonds and the society in which they live are fractured by greed, selfishness, prejudice, cowardice and lies. It appears to be an apocalyptic moment. Then, in the midst of his illness and despair, Prior is visited by a supernatural messenger and receives a revelation that might yet redeem humankind! A critically acclaimed and controversial epic, Angels in America combines historical fact, magical realism, Biblical allusions and biting comedy to illuminate the sociopolitical upheaval of our times.
Sponsored by the LGBTQ Assocation and Ozarks Lesbian and Gay Archives (OLGA) located in the Missouri State Library
