Angels in America

[RobbO]

Posted: 11/21/03 at 1:45pm

i cannot wait to see this in early december on HBO. i would have loved to attend the theatre production but hopefully this miniseries will live up to the high expectations set by its predecessor.

[orion59]

Posted: 11/21/03 at 1:49pm

On what date does it air?

[RobbO]

Posted: 11/21/03 at 2:20pm

it's airing in two parts: first on december 7th and then on december 14th.

http://www.hbo.com/films/angelsinamerica/schedule/index.html

[MaxHolmes]

Posted: 11/23/03 at 3:18am

I saw the San Francisco production years ago -- both parts in a saturday marathon. I think including dinner break it ran about seven and a half hours. At the end I wanted another seven and a half. It really can't be compared to any theater piece I've ever seen. It is an amazing thing all its own. And while I was watching it I kept thinking "Please, God, let Pacino play Cohn someday." Everything I'm hearing about the HBO production is amazing. Frank Rich said it is the most powerful filming of a stage play since "Streetcar" over 50 years ago, and he is not given to that sort of extravagance.

[TxTwoStep]

Posted: 11/23/03 at 7:50pm

MAX i was seeing someone (who shall remain nameless) in the ACT production in SF, if that's the one you mean (though the play actually premiered in SF in a workshop in a storefront, or at least the first half did). i was lucky enough to be invited to a few rehearsals. A great company and they seemed on their way to a kick-ass version, which work kept me from seeing. One day when i was in the rehearsal room, the SM from the original workshop and Mr. Kushner came by with posters from that very first staging. Each cast member got one, which Kushner inscribed with "And now the work begins." The SM was telling these great stories on Kushner and the original director. i was awestruck.