Editing Angels in America (section)

===Controversy===
In response to the frank treatment of homosexuality and AIDS, and brief male nudity, the play quickly became subject to controversial reaction from conservative and religious groups, sometimes labelled as being part of the "[[culture war]]".<ref>{{cite news|last=Tannenbaum|first=Pery|title=Southern Rapture recalls the local ''Angels in America'' flap|url=http://clclt.com/charlotte/southern-rapture-recalls-the-local-angels-in-america-flap/Content?oid=2152471|access-date=December 6, 2011|newspaper=Charlotte Creative Loafing|date=April 7, 2009}}</ref> In Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1996, there were protests held outside a production of the play by the Charlotte Repertory Theatre at the [[North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center]].<ref>{{cite journal | doi = 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2005.00426.x | year = 2005 | title = A Question of Morality: Artists' Values and Public Funding for the Arts | journal = Public Administration Review | volume = 65 | issue = 1 | pages = 8–17 | jstor = 3542577 | last1 = Lewis | first1 = Gregory B. | last2 = Brooks | first2 = Arthur C.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Sack|first=Kevin|title=Play Displays a Growing City's Cultural Tensions|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/22/us/play-displays-a-growing-city-s-cultural-tensions.html|access-date=December 6, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 22, 1996}}</ref> This led to funding cuts for the Arts & Science Council of Charlotte, the city's arts funding agency, in the following year.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dobrzynsky|first=Judith H.|title=Across U.S., Brush Fires Over Money for the Arts|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/14/us/across-us-brush-fires-over-money-for-the-arts.html|access-date=December 6, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 14, 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=County Strikes At Arts Council Over Gay Play|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/03/us/county-strikes-at-arts-council-over-gay-play.html|access-date=December 6, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 3, 1997}}</ref>
A 1999 production at [[Kilgore College]], a community college in [[Kilgore, Texas]], sparked protests from area and national [[homophobic]] groups and led to the town's mayor and commissioners pulling funds for the [[Texas Shakespeare Festival]], which the production's director also ran. Kushner wrote a letter of support to the cast and crew, and the production did go forward.<ref>{{cite news|title=When 'Angels in America' Came to East Texas|url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/angels-in-east-texas/|access-date=November 14, 2020|newspaper=Texas Monthly|date=November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Greetings, Prophet!|url=https://snapjudgment.org/episode/greetings-prophet/|access-date=November 14, 2020|newspaper=Snap Judgement|date=November 13, 2020}}</ref>