Editing Angels in America (section)

==Adaptations==
===HBO miniseries===
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In 2003, [[HBO Films]] created a [[Angels in America (miniseries)|miniseries adaptation of the play]]. Kushner adapted his original text for the screen, and [[Mike Nichols]] directed. [[HBO]] broadcast the film in various formats: three-hour segments that correspond to ''Millennium Approaches'' and ''Perestroika'', as well as one-hour "chapters" that roughly correspond to an act or two of each of these plays. The first three chapters were initially broadcast on December 7, to international acclaim, with the final three chapters following. ''Angels in America'' was the most watched made-for-cable film in 2003 and won both the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film|Golden Globe]] and [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series|Emmy]] for Best Limited Series.

Kushner made certain changes to his play (especially Part Two, ''Perestroika'') for it to work on screen, but the HBO adaptation is generally a faithful representation of Kushner's original work. Kushner has been quoted as saying that he knew Nichols was the right person to direct the film when, at their first meeting, Nichols immediately said that he wanted actors to play [[dual role|multiple roles]], as had been done in stage productions.

The main cast consists of [[Al Pacino]], [[Meryl Streep]], [[Emma Thompson]], [[Jeffrey Wright]] (reprising his Tony-winning Broadway role), [[Justin Kirk]], [[Ben Shenkman]], [[Patrick Wilson]], and [[Mary-Louise Parker]].

===Opera===
''Angels in America – The Opera'' made its world premiere at the [[Théâtre du Châtelet]] in Paris, France, on November 23, 2004. The opera was based on both parts of the ''Angels in America'' fantasia, however the script was re-worked and condensed to fit both parts into a two and half hour show. [[Composer]] [[Peter Eötvös]] explains: "In the opera version, I put less emphasis on the political line than Kushner...I rather focus on the passionate relationships, on the highly dramatic suspense of the wonderful text, on the permanently uncertain state of the visions." A German version of the opera followed suit in mid-2005. The opera made its US debut in June 2006 at the [[Stanford Calderwood Pavilion]] in Boston, Massachusetts.

===Music===
The text of Prior Walter's monologue from Act 5, Scene 5 of ''Perestroika'' was set to music by [[Michael Shaieb]] for a 2009 festival celebrating Kushner's work at the [[Guthrie Theater]]. The work was commissioned by the [[Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus]], which had commissioned Shaieb's ''[[Through A Glass, Darkly (musical)|Through A Glass, Darkly]]'' in 2008. The work premiered at the Guthrie in April 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mnartists.org/article/inside-guthries-kushner-celebration|title=Inside Guthrie's "Kushner Celebration"|first=Jaime|last=Kleiman|publisher=MN Artists|date=2009-04-08|access-date=2018-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/fatlabmusic/sets/kushner-trilogy|title="Kusher Trilogy"|first=Michael|last=Shaieb|publisher=Soundcloud|date=2009|access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref>