Has it really been 25 years since Tony Kushners great opus was last on Broadway?
Then a seven-plus-hour, double-Tony-winning hot ticket,Angelsis today in the canon.
There are Spark Notes for it.
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How far weve come.
The world only spins forward, notes Kushners modern-day prophet, Prior Walter (Andrew Garfield).
Yes, its a thinker, but its funny and sexy, too.
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As a member of the first group, I have some envy for those in the second.
Oh, Ethel turns up here too; shes a hoot.
When the fictional Cohn brags that I have forced my way into history.
I aint never gonna die, it is newly credible and chilling in the Trump age.
It was a less enlightened era, but it had its charms.
More people have seen Mike Nichols wonderful 2003 HBO miniseries version than will see this limited run.
ButAngelsis, in its heart, a live theatrical experience.
Elliott honors that, without being beholden to what was staged before.
I recommend the one-day binge-watch.
(I tested it on a 15-year-old, who was thoroughly entertained.
Plus, there are four intermissions and a dinner break.)
And, really, the time the 25 years, the seven-and-a-half-hours just flies.
This renewed reminder that the world will spin forward also through these troubled times feels especially welcome.A
