Meike's Reviews > Perestroika

Part two of Angels in America, "Perestroika", strongly focuses on the idea that change for the better is possible, which, considering that the main character Prior is suffering from AIDS in the 1980's, is quite the strong message (this second part premiered in 1992). Sure, it's messier than part 1, Millennium Approaches, but considering that at the grim time the play was first produced, AIDS-patients came to see how Prior wrestles the angels in order to be allowed to stay on earth and witness a re-structuring of society (which is what Perestroika means and what happened at the time in the former Soviet Union), these are minor flaws. (FYI: Putin is of course ignoring the AIDS pandemic, so much for the motherland of the political Perestroika.)

Again, I listened to the award-winning audio production of the National Theatre, starring the likes of Andrew Garfield and Nathan Lane, which was great. Here's a clip of Lane as Roy Cohn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLhq8...