#angels in america play

[fromtherazor2therosary]

if anyone knows where i can find a recording of angels in america. please tell me. i know there’s a miniseries. i don’t care. i want to watch a stage version so bad man.

[degenderates]

— Tony Kushner, Angels in America

[liriostigre]

Tony Kushner, Angels in America

[thetimelordbatgirl]

Pictures that are confirmed to scare any bigots out of the Spiderman fandom.

[dropthedemiurge]

Lee Taevin, the man you are! I decided to actually stan him after Love for Love's Sake and support him as an actor in all the other works, not necessarily BLs, but he KEEPS SURPRISING ME

He just keeps on choosing complicated and deep queer roles and deliberately seeks them out to give them justice, I adore him so much.

[getting-messi]

Playing together since they were 17, going through some of the highest highs and lowest lows with their country

How beautiful that they get to experience greatness together🥹✨🇦🇷

[dragonsareawesome123]

Lee Taevin as Tae Myungha in Love for Love's Sake (2024) // Lee Taevin as Louis Ironson in Angels in America (2024)

[orpheuslament]

WE WONT DIE SECRET DEATHS ANYMORE. THE WORLD ONLY SPINS FORWARD. WE WILL BE CITIZENS. THE TIME HAS COME. BYE NOW. YOU ARE FABULOUS CREATURES, EACH & EVERY ONE. AND I BLESS YOU: MORE LIFE. THE GREAT WORK BEGINS.

[do-you-know-this-play]

[eastofedean]

angels in america, tony kushner

[miaowypowy]

some posters i've designed recently

angels in america

by tony kushner

did this one for an english project (not recently actually) and wanted to honor the patchwork of symbolism related to the 80's and the aids crisis. rlly just wanted to play with mixed media collageish shit

otello

othello by william shakespeare

mock up for my theatre studies class. project was to create a unique concept for a shakespeare show, so i genderswapped othello and set it in the bush era south. themes include ptsd, butch/femme dynamics, etc....

a dolls house

by henrik ibsen

i totally misspelled his name whatever anyways this was also for theatre studies and i wanted to emphasize the letter(s), birds, and the macaroon bc they all stood out to me. idk it was a lil half assed LMAO

[specificpollsaboutbooks]

Plays

Round 1

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Œdipus Rex (Sophocles, W.B. Yeats translation specifically) :

I never got why the story of oedipus was so horrifying until I read and saw this.

link to the full play!

Tiresias. This day shall you know your birth; and it will ruin you.

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Chorus. A man becomes a tyrant out of insolence,

He climbs and climbs, until all people call him great,

He seems upon the summit, and God flings him thence;

Yet an ambitious man may lift up a whole State,

And in his death be blessed, in his life for­tunate.

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Second Messenger. He cries for someone to unbar the gates and to show to all the men of Thebes his father’s murderer, his mother’s—the unholy word must not be spoken. It is his purpose to cast himself out of the land ​that he may not bring all this house under his curse. But he has not the strength to do it. He must be supported and led away. The curtain is parting; you are going to look upon a sight which even those who shudder must pity.

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Oedipus. My children, there is much advice that I would give you were you but old enough to under­stand, but all I can do now is bid you pray that you may live wherever you are let live, and that your life be happier than your father’s... Banish me from this country. I know that nothing can destroy me, for I wait some incredible fate; yet cast me upon Cythaeron, chosen by my father and my mother for my tomb.

Creon. Only the gods can say yes or no to that.

Oedipus. No, for I am hateful to the gods.

Creon. If that be so you will get your wish the quicker. They will banish that which they hate.

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Chrous. Make way for Oedipus. All people said

‘That is a fortunate man’;

And now what storms are beating on his head?

Call no man fortunate that is not dead.

The dead are free from pain.

Angels in America :

Here’s a trailer for the Andrew Garfield version:

A really excellent part of the play:

And also one of the most iconic bits of this production:

[rainbowpopeworld]

If you wanna see a jingoistic, yet entertaining, music video starring Michael Sheen singing “I’ll be there”, here ya go

If you haven’t seen the show The Good Fight, he plays Roland Blum, an intentionally provocative conservative asshole, who relishes breaking laws and sexually harassing his co-workers. Basically the opposite of Aziraphale 😇😈 And he’s really good at it, of course, because he’s an amazing actor

Here’s a compilation of Blum fuckery:

Here is how Sheen describes the role himself:

A trickster based on Roy Cohn, who in addition to McCarthyism, was also Donald Trump’s lawyer and mentor in the 70’s and 80’s. I first saw him depicted in the play Angels in America as a closeted man who publicly advocated to make things worse for lgbtq+ people because his privilege shielded him from those same efforts, except for what ultimately killed him.

Welp, I guess this is both a Michael Sheen appreciation post and a Roy Cohn antipathy post 🙃

[achillesinagaypanic]

If I had a nickel for every play about AIDS that touches on judaism and happens in the AIDS crisis (late 70s/80s) where we follow multiple couples through their life and problems, a man leaves his wife for a man, and they are brought together by one of the main characters having AIDS, I'd have two nickels.

Which isn't a lot, but it's FUCKING WEIRD that it happened twice, right?

[lexiconisfunny]

You know what? I hate everyone. I’m such a hater. I have hateries and hatilleries. I’m so filled with hate I have hate-gasms when people do things I hate. In fact I’m not just a hater I’m a full on loather with loathair and loatheries.

[dropthedemiurge]

So I went to see the Korean version of Angels in America today, and Taevin was amazing, as expected!

I don't feel too good to leave a full review (seriously, going outside in 35 degrees heat should give me a sick leave for work) and it was only Part 1 (3 Acts) so I'll just talk about Taevin briefly, and if anyone's interested in hearing more, I can come up with another post comparing original and Korean versions later...

Anyway, LEE TAEVIN. I was so right to fall into him (the way he acts, but also I'm in love with his voice who knows why). He was very emotional, very bold, captured original Louis so well (and delivered such fast and complicated rants nicely xD) and also - yes, we had gay kiss and implied fucking on stage as well 👀 In Asian country, talking and showing AIDS stories - it felt very unusual but as an outsider to both cultures and histories, I don't have much ground to speak on.

Also of course, some wordplays were lost but some were added, but mostly the translation was sticking to the original almost perfectly (if only I was more fluent in Korean, I could tall about it even better but I'm really glad I watched the original play first so I knew the story and what they were supposed to say (huge thanks to @dragonsareawesome123 for providing me links!). But I could tell the difference where jokes in English were supposed to land and which comedic moments in Korean striked the best instead xD It was fun noticing. But the loudest laugh (twice at that) was during Louis x Guy hookup on street lol (yes I still can't believe I watched Taevin getting "fucked" on stage the guy really chooses the most queer and bold and interesting roles in the beginning of his acting career)

And there were slight changes in decorations and costumes, and I liked some things more than original, but some original moments got lost.

There are two actors for Prior and tbh I went to see the more popular one because everyone said he's been acting in dramas and other cast worked for me but... I didn't get enough tbh x) Like, Yoo Seungho was good and he was also emotional and delivered lines well - but I guess, I just didn't get the Sick Gay Drag Queen vibes as much as in the original xD I mean, man was so toned and had abs! But the actor himself is thin so it can't be helped Ig, Koreans aren't pale :D

Plus, he was supposed to be contrasting to Louis and Joe but he was less flamboyant so I guess that's the only flaw I can point out. I'll go watch second actor in the second part of the play to compare acting between Korean versions and not with western one, it's going to be interesting.

But still, Seungho himself did a good job with acting with his body and emotional delivery, I'm merely comparing to the original play. He was also very sweet when he came out to the fans after the play ^^

Anyway, the rest of the cast was great as well, the explicity from original - in both language and portrayed things - stayed there and only details ended up more smoothed iut (more Asian style?)

The Art hall was almost full on Sunday, which I was surprised to see for such story, and I saw a lot of couples and people in their 30-40s and nobody left mid-break which to me is a good sign xD

That was a nice experience, it was my first time seeing or knowing about Angels in America too, I'm definitely gonna go for Part 2 because that's where the most of the fun is :D

Tagging @doyou000me @non-binarypal7 who were interested in my review (if you watched the original, I can share more about the actual lines and moments xD)