Producers Tim Levy (Director, NT America) and Jordan Roth (President, Jujamcyn Theaters) announced today that the National Theatre Production of Tony Kushner's epic and seminal masterwork, Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, will return to Broadway for the first time since its now-legendary original production opened in 1993. This spectacular new staging of Part One of Angels in America, Millennium Approaches, and of Part Two, Perestroika, had its world premiere earlier this year in a sold-out run at the National Theatre, where it became the fastest selling show in the organization's history. This strictly limited, 18-week engagement will begin performances at The Neil Simon Theatre on Friday, February 23, 2018, with an official opening on Wednesday, March 21. Public on sale is: 27 October at 10am NYC time.
Starring two-time Tony Award® winner Nathan Lane and Academy Award® and Tony Award nominee Andrew Garfield, the cast of Angels in America will feature fellow original National Theatre cast members Susan Brown, Denise Gough, Amanda Lawrence, James McArdle, and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett. (Additional casting will be announced shortly – Russell Tovey is the only main cast member not to travel, it would be neat if Luke Norris were able to step in as it was Tovey who stepping into his role in the transfer of A View From The Bridge which Norris couldn't do). Two-time Tony Award winner Marianne Elliott (War Horse, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) once again directs.
As if there was any doubt about the target market for the soon-to-open Bridge Theatre, they've released details of the catering that will be available, most notably their collaboration with the acclaimed restaurateurs of St John. Apparently they have famous madeleines, and these famous madeleines are available to be pre-ordered hot as an interval snack. Let it not be said I don't give you the important news!
And as predicted, the Oscar Wilde season is throwing up even more casting that will prove hard to resist. Kathy Burke's Lady Windermere's Fan now has its principal parts filled and so we have the delectable Samantha Spiro as Mrs Ernylee, Kevin Bishop as Lord Darlington, and none other than Jennifer Saunders as the Duchess of Berwick.