Photo Coverage: ANGELS IN AMERICA at Signature!

By: Sep. 24, 2010

Signature Theatre Company's production of Tony Kushner's ANGELS IN AMERICA: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, began performances Tuesday, September 14. The first New York revival of Kushner's Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play is directed by Michael Greif. The production, originally slated to run through December 19, has been extended a second time through February 20, 2011. The first production shots have been released and BroadwayWorld brings you a first look below!

Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, the two parts of ANGELS IN AMERICA, will begin alternating in repertory from the start of performances. ANGELS IN AMERICA opens October 28 at the Peter Norton Space (555 West 42nd Street).

Tickets for performances through December 19, 2010 are available for $20 through The Signature Ticket Initiative, which seeks to make great theatre accessible to the broadest possible audience. All regularly-priced single tickets ($85) are underwritten and will be available for $20 for every performance at The Peter Norton Space for the entire season, during a show's initial run.

The Signature Ticket Initiative is made possible by the lead sponsorship of Time Warner Inc. Generous support for The Signature Ticket Initiative is provided by Margot Adams, in memory of Mason Adams

Tickets for performances beginning December 21, 2010 will be $85. For the full performance calendar, to purchase tickets or for more information, please visit http://signaturetheatre.org/angels or call (212) 244-PLAY (7529).

ANGELS IN AMERICA features Robin Bartlett as Hannah Pitt, Christian Borle as Prior Walter, Bill Heck as Joe Pitt, Zoe Kazan as Harper Pitt, Billy Porter as Belize, Zachary Quinto as Louis Ironson, Robin Weigert as The Angel and Frank Wood as Roy Cohn, with Eric Bryant as Man 1 and Hubert Point-Du Jour as Man 2.

Scenic design is by Mark Wendland, costume design by Clint Ramos, lighting design by Ben Stanton, sound design by Ken Travis, projection design by Wendall K. Harrington, music by Michael Friedman and Chris Miller, hair and wig design by Charles LaPointe, dialect coaching by Deborah Hecht, fight direction by Rick Sordelet, aerial design by Paul Rubin, and make-up by Cookie Jordan. Production Stage Manager is Monica Cuoco and Stage Manager is Joshua Pilote.

The production of ANGELS IN AMERICA is made possible by a major grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Signature Theatre Company's 20th Anniversary season celebrating Tony Kushner also features the New York premiere of iHo: THE INTELLIGENT HOMOSEXUAL'S GUIDE TO CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM WITH A KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES, also directed by Michael Greif and co-produced with The Public Theater in association with the Guthrie Theater; and THE ILLUSION, Kushner's freely adapted version of Pierre Corneille's L'Illusion Comique, directed by Tony Award-winner Michael Mayer.

The season will also include readings of selected other plays from Tony Kushner's body of work. Plays under consideration include A BRIGHT ROOM CALLED DAY, TINY KUSHNER (A NEW COLLECTION OF ONE ACTS), IT'S AN UNDOING WORLD, OR WHY SHOULD IT BE EASY WHEN IT CAN BE HARD?, THE HENRY BOX BROWN PLAY, HYDRIOTAPHIA, OR THE DEATH OF DR. BrownE and HOMEBODY/KABUL.

For more information visit www.signaturecenter.org.

Photo Credit: Joan Marcus

Photo Coverage: ANGELS IN AMERICA at Signature!

Photo Coverage: ANGELS IN AMERICA at Signature!
Frank Wood (Millennium Approaches)

Photo Coverage: ANGELS IN AMERICA at Signature!
Christian Borle and Zachary Quinto (Millennium Approaches)

Photo Coverage: ANGELS IN AMERICA at Signature!
Christian Borle (Millennium Approaches)

Photo Coverage: ANGELS IN AMERICA at Signature!
Zoe Kazan and Bill Heck (Millennium Approaches)

 Photo Coverage: ANGELS IN AMERICA at Signature!
Zachary Quinto and Billy Porter (Millennium Approaches)

Photo Coverage: ANGELS IN AMERICA at Signature!
Robin Weigert and Christian Borle (Millennium Approaches)

Photo Coverage: ANGELS IN AMERICA at Signature!
Robin Bartlett and Frank Wood (Perestroika)

Photo Coverage: ANGELS IN AMERICA at Signature!
Zoe Kazan and Bill Heck (Perestroika)

Photo Coverage: ANGELS IN AMERICA at Signature!
Christian Borle and Robin Bartlett (Perestroika)

Photo Coverage: ANGELS IN AMERICA at Signature!
Frank Wood and Bill Heck (Perestroika)

Photo Coverage: ANGELS IN AMERICA at Signature!



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