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“ANGELS IN AMERICA” EXTENDS HISTORY-MAKING BROADWAY RUN

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For National Theatre:
Susie Newbery
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FOR RELEASE ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 2

THE NATIONAL THEATRE PRODUCTION OF
TONY KUSHNER’S
LANDMARK PLAY
“ANGELS IN AMERICA”
NOW THE MOST TONY AWARD NOMINATED PLAY EVER
EXTENDS ITS BROADWAY RUN THROUGH
JULY 15, 2018

New York, NY – Producers Tim Levy (Director, NT America) and Jordan Roth (President, Jujamcyn Theaters) announced today that the Olivier Award®-winning National Theatre revival of Tony Kushner’s masterwork, Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, now the most Tony Award-nominated play in history, has extended its run on Broadway for an additional two weeks, through Sunday, July 15, 2018. Originally announced as an 18-week limited engagement, Angels in America began previews on February 23, and opened to ecstatic reviews on March 25 at the Neil Simon Theatre (250 West 52nd Street).

Angels in America is directed by two-time Tony Award® winner Marianne Elliott, and stars Academy Award® and Tony Award nominee Andrew Garfield and two-time Tony Award winner Nathan Lane, and also features Susan Brown, Denise Gough, Amanda Lawrence, James McArdle, Lee Pace, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Beth Malone, Patrick Andrews, Glynis Bell, Amy Blackman, Curt James, Rowan Ian Seamus Magee, Mark Nelson, Matty Oaks, Genesis Oliver, Jane Pfitsch, Lee Aaron Rosen, Ron Todorowski, Silvia Vrskova, and Lucy York.

Angels in America has been honored with the following
2018 Tony Award Nominations:

Best Revival of a Play
Best Direction of a Play (Marianne Elliott)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Andrew Garfield)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Nathan Lane)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Susan Brown)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Denise Gough)
Best Scenic Design of a Play (Ian MacNeil and Edward Pierce)
Best Costume Design of a Play (Nicky Gillibrand)
Best Lighting Design of a Play (Paule Constable)
Best Sound Design of a Play (Ian Dickinson for Autograph Sound Ltd.)
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Adrian Sutton)

Angels in America has been honored with the following
2018 Drama Desk Award® Nominations:

Outstanding Revival of a Play
Outstanding Director of a Play (Marianne Elliott)
Outstanding Actor in a Play (Andrew Garfield)
Outstanding Actor in a Play (James McArdle)
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Nathan Lane)
Outstanding Music in a Play (Adrian Sutton)
Outstanding Puppet Design (Finn Caldwell, Nick Barnes)

Angels in America has been honored with the following
2018 Outer Critics Circle Award® Nominations:

Outstanding Revival of a Play
Outstanding Director of a Play (Marianne Elliott)
Outstanding Actor in a Play (Andrew Garfield)
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Nathan Lane)
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Denise Gough)
Outstanding Lighting Design (Paule Constable)

Angels in America has been honored with the following
2018 Drama League Award® Nominations:

Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play
Distinguished Performance Award (Andrew Garfield)
Distinguished Performance Award (James McArdle)

When it first premiered, Angels in America won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, seven Tony Awards, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and the Evening Standard Award for Best New Play. HBO’s 2003 screen adaptation won both the Emmy® and the Golden Globe® Awards for Best Miniseries.

The design team includes Tony Award winner Ian MacNeil (Scenic Design), Tony Award nominee Nicky Gillibrand (Costume Design), Tony Award winner Paule Constable (Lighting Design), Drama Desk Award winner Adrian Sutton (Music), Tony Award nominee Ian Dickinson for Autograph Sound Ltd. (Sound Design), Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell (Puppetry Designers), Finn Caldwell (Puppetry Director and Movement), Robby Graham (Original Movement), Chris Fisher (Illusions), Steven Hoggett (Movement Consultant). Casting is by Jim Carnahan, CSA.

Angels in America is produced by Tim Levy for NT America, Jordan Roth, Rufus Norris & Lisa Burger for the National Theatre, Elliott & Harper Productions, Kash Bennett for NT Productions, Aged in Wood, Baruch-Viertel-Routh-Frankel Group, Jane Bergère, Adam Blanshay Productions, CatWenJam Productions, Jean Doumanian, Gilad-Rogowsky, Gold-Ross Productions, The John Gore Organization, Grove Entertainment, Harris Rubin Productions, HornosMoellenberg, Brian & Dayna Lee, Benjamin Lowy, Stephanie P. McClelland, David Mirvish, Mark Pigott, Jon B. Platt, E. Price-LD ENT., Daryl Roth, Catherine Schreiber, Barbara Whitman, Jujamcyn Theaters, The Nederlander Organization, and The Shubert Organization.

Angels in America is a two-part performance — Part One, Millennium Approaches and Part Two, Perestroika.

For a complete list of performances (including the final two weeks), please visit, www.angelsbroadway.com.

Susan Brown, Denise Gough, Amanda Lawrence, James McArdle, and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett are appearing with the support of Actors’ Equity Association.  The Producers gratefully acknowledge Actors’ Equity Association for its assistance of this production.

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