Photo Flash: Check out Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, and More in National Theatre Live's ANGELS IN AMERICA Broadcast

The first footage of Angels in America - hailed by critics as one of the theatre shows of the year - has been released ahead of its broadcast in cinemas next month as part of National Theatre Live. Part 1 will be in cinemas on Thursday 20th July and Part 2 on Thursday 27th July. Check out photos from the broadcast below!

First shown at the National twenty five years ago, Tony Kushner's Pulitzer winning work follows the lives of a group of New Yorkers as they grapple with life and death, love and sex and heaven and hell against the backdrop of the AIDS crisis in Reagan America in the mid-1980s.

Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge, Amazing Spider-Man) plays Prior Walter whose boyfriend Louis (James McArdle, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens) leaves him on discovering he has AIDS. Russell Tovey (Being Human, Him & Her) is Joe - a closeted Mormon married to Harper (Denise Gough, Paula, People, Places & Things) whose marriage is on the rocks due to his secret homosexuality. Nathan Lane (The Lion King, The Birdcage) plays Donald Trump's mentor Roy Cohn who is about to receive some news that will change his life forever.

Launched in 2009, National Theatre Live broadcasts have been seen by an audience of over 6.5 million people at 2500 venues in 60 countries. The first season began in June 2009 with the acclaimed production of Phédre starring Oscar winner Helen Mirren. Recent broadcasts include Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead from The Old Vic Theatre with Daniel Radcliffe and Josh McGuire, Hedda Gabler with Ruth Wilson, Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart in No Man's Land, Benedict Cumberbatch in Hamlet, Tom Hiddleston in Coriolanus, Gillian Anderson in A Streetcar Named Desire, James Corden in One Man, Two Guvnors, Jonny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch in Frankenstein and War Horse.Sky Arts is the UK sponsor for National Theatre Live.

Angels in America will be broadcast live to cinemas across The UK and internationally in two parts as part of National Theatre Live with Part 1 on Thursday 22nd July and Part 2 on Thursday 27th July. To find your nearest cinema go to http://ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk/.

Photo credit: Helen Maybanks

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