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Robert Sella and Carolyn Swift
G ay F antasia
A theatrical event that will never be forgotten by gay and lesbian stage fans
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by Christopher Kamera
Boston, Washington, D.C. and other key cities. Unlike most
pJHiOas of New
ngels in America, the multi-award-winning “Gay Fantasia on National
York shows, this mounting has been completely redesigned, wittt»louUy nejw director,
Themes" by Pulitzer Prize-winner Tony Kushner, arrives in Portland for a
Michael Mayer, bringing the script to life without attempting to req tate the feroadway
two-week stay. July 26-Aug. 6. at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. The
staging.
most important, the most impressive new play in the past 20 years. Angels
Part One. Millennium Approaches, and Part Two, Perestroika, play in rotating
is undoubtedly the “must-see” event of the year for gay and lesbian theater
repertory
fans. It arrives in town as part of Portland’s Broadway Theater Season, sponsored
by on alternate nights during the Portland engagement with five marathon
performances scheduled so that it’s possible to see Part One at a matinee and Part Two
Portland Opera.
at an evening performance the same day. It can be an exhausting experience, but it is one
New York. Los Angeles. San Francisco. Seattle. Houston and other cities have
that serious theater fans will never forget.
hosted their own Angels productions. The National Touring Company, which brings the
Angels is a wonderfully rich, powerful play that pulls no punches. Male and female
work to Portland, is on a two-year tour with major stops in Chicago. Minneapolis, Miami.
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