Angels in America
Perestroika
Walter Kerr Theatre
Previews Began: October 23, 1993
Opening Night: November 23, 1993
Closing Night: December 4, 1994
Playwright: Tony Kushner
Music: Adrian Sutton
In the second part of Tony Kushner’s epic tale of AIDS, homosexuality and religion in 1980s New York, the plague of the illness worsens, relationships fall apart as new ones form, and unexpected friendships take form. – Playbill
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Kathleen Chalfant Rabbi Chemelwitz
Henry
Hannah Pitt
Ethel Rosenberg
David Marshall Grant Joe Pitt
Prior 1
The Eskimo
Marcia Gay Harden Harper Pitt
Martin Heller
Ron Leibman Roy Cohn
Prior 2
Joe Mantello Louis Ironson
Ellen McLaughlin Emily
Ella Chapter
The Woman in the South Bronx
The Angel
Stephen Spinella Prior Walter
Man in the Park
Jeffrey Wright Mr. Lies
Belize
Understudies: Susan Bruce (Harper Pitt, The Angel), Jay Goede (Prior Walter, Joe Pitt, Louis Ironson), Beth McDonald (Hannah Pitt, The Angel), Matthew Sussman (Roy Cohn, Louis Ironson), Darnell Williams (Belize)
REPLACEMENTS
F. Murray Abraham Roy Cohn
Prior 2
1/11/94 – 12/4/94
Susan Bruce Harper Pitt
Martin Heller
12/31/93 – 12/4/94
Kevin Carroll Mr. Lies
Belize
Dan Futterman Louis Ironson
Megan Gallagher Harper Pitt
Martin Heller
Jay Goede Joe Pitt
Prior 1
The Eskimo
Daniel H. Jenkins Prior Walter
Man in the Park
Cherry Jones Emily
Ella Chapter
The Woman in the South Bronx
The Angel
Laurie Kennedy Rabbi Chemelwitz
Henry
Hannah Pitt
Ethel Rosenberg
David Margulies Roy Cohn
Prior 2
Cynthia Nixon Harper Pitt
Martin Heller
3/31/94 – 12/4/94
Larry Pine Roy Cohn
Prior 2
Tracy Sallows Harper Pitt
Martin Heller
10/04/94 – 10/16/94
Standby: Larry Pine (Roy Cohn)
Understudies: Lance Reddick (Belize), Daniel Zelman (Prior Walter, Joe Pitt)
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