Near its end, Norman Arriaga calls it "deliberate" that the word "free" in the national anthem is too high to sing.
Near its end, Norman Arriaga calls it "deliberate" that the word "free" in the national anthem is too high to sing. This work's second half opens with a speech by Alexei Antediluvianovich Prelapsarianov opposing progress, which is also the message one of the titular creatures delivers to Prior Walter. It was the most recent work listed in Harold Bloom's 1994 The Western Canon, and it includes such memorable scenes as Ethel Rosenberg's ghost reciting the Kaddish for Roy Cohn, who has died of AIDS. Appearing in two parts, "Millennium Approaches" and "Perestroika," for 10 points, what "Gay Fantasia on National Themes" scored the 1993 and 1994 Best Play Tony awards for author Tony Kushner?
Near its end, Norman Arriaga calls it "deliberate" that the word "free" in the national anthem is too high to sing.
{Angels in America}: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes