Posted: 12/15/17 at 1:28pm
My 16-year-old daughter and I are coming for a quick weekend in early June. Of the two, which would the members of this board recommend? I know little about either beyond cast and overall theme.
Posted: 12/15/17 at 1:31pm
Shows themselves aside, would your 16-year-old daughter be up for the 7 and a half hours of theatre required of Angels?
Posted: 12/15/17 at 1:34pm
She would. She's been attending theater since the age of four (we started the brainwashing early 
) and she has a pretty great attention span. Mind you, it depends somewhat on the quality of the material, but I've generally heard it's an excellent show. If that's true, she won't mind at all investing the time into it.
Posted: 12/15/17 at 1:35pm
I'll add--if Boys in the Band is the better overall experience, I won't mind filling our extra slot with something completely different and/or saving the money on just a single ticket. But I really do want to see the "better" show (understanding that that's totally subjective, of course).
Posted: 12/15/17 at 1:36pm
ANGELS. It's the superior play, and who knows when the next time we'll get a revival of this size.
Posted: 12/15/17 at 1:36pm
Posted: 12/15/17 at 1:38pm
rebeccmam31 said: "we started the brainwashing early"
Ha! 
In that case, I'd probably suggest Angels. If you're raising your daughter to be a theatre fiend (and rightly so), Angels is one of those landmark shows you simply have to have under your belt. And this production is looking to be pretty top-notch.
Posted: 12/15/17 at 1:42pm
Early results are confirming what I thought. It will be a cool experience for her (well, and me). Thanks for the input!
Posted: 12/15/17 at 1:43pm
As someone who read Angels in America for the first time at the age of 14 or 15, I don't see why your daughter wouldn't be up for it. For me, it's no contest. Angels all the way.
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Posted: 12/15/17 at 3:00pm
Thank you! I'm really excited because it's the one I wanted to see, but I didn't want to choose it if the other show was a better option for her.
Posted: 12/15/17 at 4:26pm
Angels. Angels is essential, vital, mammoth, transcendent, easily one of the great works of the English language. Take her to see it live on a huge, huge scale while she's got the chance. I was only slightly older than your daughter is now when I met the play for the first time and it changed the course of my life.
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Posted: 12/15/17 at 4:32pm
With endorsements like these, how could I not? Tickets are bought. :)
Posted: 12/15/17 at 4:46pm
Enjoy! I saw the production in London and it is truly stunning, I can't wait to see it again in March! I first watched the HBO miniseries when I was a freshman in high school, so I think 16 will be perfectly fine, especially if she's already into theatre. Angels in America has been a part of my life for well over a decade at this point and its impact has grown and changed as I have grown up. It's an incredible piece of theatre and art, and this production and cast are wonderful.
Posted: 12/15/17 at 5:01pm
Hmmmm...seeing you both!
http://angelsbroadway.com/
http://www.boysintheband.com/?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Paid%20Search
Posted: 12/15/17 at 7:23pm
I taught ANGELS IN AMERICA to teenagers for
years and they loved it!
It would never have occurred to me to assign
them BOYS IN THE BAND, despite its historical
importance or significance to me personally.
