51. The Cup | Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches, National Theatre Live

Welcome back to the 51st episode of The Cup which is our a weekly (give or take, TBD, these are unprecedented times) performing arts talk show presented by Cup of Hemlock Theatre. The theatres may be closed, but art finds a way to survive! For the time being on this podcast we are rereleasing our past reviews, interviews, roundtables, and duet reviews in remastered audio only versions so you can take your CoH content on the go! For our 51st episode we continue to branch out our review series beyond the Stratford Festival and onto other productions. In this episode we discussed the National Theatre’s 2017 production of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Part One: Millennium Approaches, directed by Marianne Elliott, starring Andrew Garfield in the role of Prior Walter and Nathan Lane as Roy Cohn. Watch the play on NTatHome (subscription needed): https://www.ntathome.com/angels-in-america-part-one-millenium-approaches Cup of Hemlock Theatre is a Toronto-based performing arts collective dedicated to staging works that examine the moral quandaries of the human experience. With an inquisitive compass, we aim to provide audiences the space to retrace their personal stories and navigate their individual ideologies. Follow us on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter: cohtheatre Follow our panelists: Mackenzie Horner (Before the Downbeat: A Musical Podcast) – Instagram/Facebook: BeforetheDownbeat Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3aYbBeN Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3sAbjAu Graeme McClelland – Instagram: instagraeme999 // Facebook: Graeme McClelland // Email: [email protected]   Alicia Plummer – Instagram: itisaliciaplummer // TikTok: hialiciabyealicia // YouTube: Alicia Onlineee: https://bit.ly/3vMCDO5  Autumn Smith – Instagram: autumndmsmith // Facebook: Autumn Smith // Instagram/Facebook: littlewoodsmith // http://www.littlewoodsmith.com/Instagram/Facebook: timberbeastproductions