Production History

1990 — Angels in America Part I: Millennium Approaches was commissioned and work shopped in Los Angeles at the Mark Taper Forum by the Center Theatre Group.

1991 — Angels in America Part I: Millennium Approaches given its official premiere in San Francisco by the Eureka Theatre Company by co-artistic directors Oskar Eustis and Tony Taccone.

1992 — Appeared in London at the Royal National Theatre to critical acclaim. Directed by Declan Donnellan. Henry Goodman played Cohn, Nick Reding played Joe, Felicity Montagu played Harper, Marcus D’Amico played Louis, and Sean Chapman played Prior.

1992 — In November performed at Düsseldorf as part of the first Union des Théâtres de l’Europe festival.

1992 — Angels in America Part I and II were produced together for the first time in Los Angeles

1993 — Part II: Perestroika appears in London at the Royal National Theatre.

1993 — Millennium Approaches received its Broadway premiere opening at the Walter Kerr Theatre on May 4, 1993 and directed by George C. Wolfe. The Broadway production ran for 367 performances. The original cast included Ron Leibman, Stephen Spinella, Kathleen Chalfant, Marcia Gay Harden, Jeffrey Wright, Ellen McLaughlin, David Marshall Grant and Joe Mantello. Among the replacements during the run were F. Murray Abraham (for Ron Leibman), Cherry Jones (for Ellen McLaughlin), Dan Futterman (for Joe Mantello), Cynthia Nixon (for Marcia Gay Harden) and Jay Goede (for David Marshall Grant).

1994 — The first national tour launched at the Royal George Theatre in Chicago, directed by Michael Mayer, with the following cast: Peter Birkenhead as Louis Ironson, Reginald Flowers as Belize, Kate Goehring as Harper Pitt, Jonathan Hadary as Roy Cohn, Philip E. Johnson as Joe Pitt, Barbara E. Robertson as Hannah Pitt, Robert Sella as Prior, and Carolyn Swift as the Angel.

1995 — Asia premiered the play in its entirety by the New Voice Company in the Philippines.

2003 — Tony Kushner developed both parts into a successful HBO miniseries.

2007 — An Italian adaptation of the play premiered in Modena, in a production directed by Ferdinando Bruni and Elio De Capitani.

2010 — Millennium Approaches was revived by the Signature Theatre Company. The production was directed by Michael Greif and featured Christian Borle as Prior, Zachary Quinto as Louis, Billy Porter as Belize, Bill Heck as Joe, Zoe Kazan as Harper, Robin Bartlett as Hannah, Frank Wood as Roy, and Robin Weigert as the angel.

2013 — A production of the two-part play was produced by Sydney-based theatre company, Belvoir. The cast featured Luke Mullins as Prior Walter, Marcus Graham as Roy Cohn, Ashley Zukerman as Joe Pitt, Amber McMahon as Harper Pitt, Robyn Nevin as Hannah Pitt, DeObia Oparei as Belize, and Paula Arundell as The Angel.

2013 — A Canadian production by Soulpepper Theatre Company starred Damien Atkins as Prior Walter, Gregory Prest as Louis, Mike Ross as Joe, Diego Matamoros as Roy and Nancy Palk as Hannah, Ethel Rosenberg and the rabbi.

2013 — Millennium Approaches made its Edinburgh Fringe Festival debut, in a production by St Andrews-based Mermaids Theatre, to critical acclaim.

2017 — In April, a new production began previews at the National Theatre, London in the Lyttleton Theatre. Directed by Marianne Elliott, the cast included Andrew Garfield as Prior with Russell Tovey as Joe, Denise Gough as Harper, James McArdle as Louis Ironson, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett as Belize and Nathan Lane as Roy Cohn.

2017 — A new production of Millennium Approaches was brought to San Juan, Puerto Rico, by Teatro Público Inc. Directed by Benjamín Cardona, the cast featured Carlos Miranda as Roy Cohn, Jacqueline Duprey as Hannah, Gabriela Saker as Harper, Liván Albelo as Prior and Luis Ra Rivera as Joe, among others

2017 — A revival of the two plays were staged in Melbourne at fortyfivedownstairs for nearly a four-week run. The cast included veteran actor Helen Morse as Hannah Pitt, and Margaret Mills as the angel.

2018 — The 2017 Royal National Theatre production transferred to Broadway for an 18-week engagement at the Neil Simon Theatre. The majority of the London cast returned, with Lee Pace replacing Tovey as Joe, and Beth Malone playing the Angel at certain performances. Previews began on February 23, 2018 with opening night on March 25. The production won for Best Revival of a Play at that year’s Tony Awards, with Garfield and Lane winning for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play and Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play respectively for their reprisal of their National Theatre performances, while Gough and Brown were nominated for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play.

2018 — A critically acclaimed production opened at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in April, directed by original commissioner Tony Taccone and featuring Randy Harrison as Prior, Stephen Spinella (who originated Prior Walter on Broadway) as Roy Cohn, Carmen Roman as Hannah, Benjamin T. Ismail as Louis, Danny Binstock as Joe, Bethany Jillard as Harper, Francisca Faridany and Lisa Ramirez alternating as the Angel, and Caldwell Tidicue, better known as Bob the Drag Queen, making his stage debut as Belize.