If I had a nickel for everytime Andrew Garfield played the Main Character is a highly regarded early 90s play that portrayed a perspective of the AIDs crisis I would have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.

In college, I auditioned for a production of "Angels in America". For our audition piece, we were asked to read the entire play and find a monologue from it to use, so I had to read the entire script in a matter of days. But even if I didn't have that time limit, I still would have finished it quickly because the writing is some of the most brilliant ever put to page or stage. I didn't get cast in the show, but I went to go see it and it was incredible. For people who have the time, I highly recommend both reading the play and seeing it or the film version--you won't be disappointed.

a 17 minute long video for an 8 hour show is almost perfectly fitting

I wish this were taught in English classes, it's perfect essay material and actually relevant

andrew's acting is amazing

Such a good point: it taught the people affected by aids how to HEal. That was so needed for them, very very profoundly poignantly true. Kushner was and is a gift

“The world only spins forward. We will be citizens. The time has come. Bye now. You are fabulous creatures, each and every one. And I bless you: More Life. The Great Work Begins"
Holy shit.

Please note: Roy Marcus Cohn was an attorney and was not a judge. He worked judges. He was one of the prosecutors in the Rosenberg trial. Cohn had expartie communications with the judge whom he berated while the trial was on. Roy should have been reprimanded if not
Disbarred.

What I love the most about Andrew is that you could pause at any time code and his face and his eyes and his body would tell a completely different story than the one just seconds before. That's the different between acting and reacting. To the magic above and below and around you. It makes all the difference.

This video doesn't have anywhere near the number of views that it deserves.

I just found out about this play and i’m already obsessed with it. Thank you for making this video!

andrews (and everyone in the cast) deliver is amazing, i had watched some clips of the play but after watching this video i understand it completely so thank u

this is so beautiful i didn't want it to end. you did a wonderful job telling the tale of this play and you absolutely did it justice <3

Ooooohhhh boyyyy do I remember Louis' 23 minute monologue, haha how blessed we were to here him ramble on for such a time... (extreme sarcasm) 😂

i’ve always felt joe was such a tragic character, in a play full of tragic characters he is especially tragic, because he is the only one who is alone by the end of the play

I lived through the aids epidemic in both San Francisco and New York city. I was also a costume designer and have worked on the show a number of times. After I lost my sites from diabetes I went to law school. I need to correct your statement about Roy Cohn he was not the judge he was the chief prosecutor. In the US there is a huge distinction. Roy Kohn prosecuted Julius and Ethel Rosenberg he did not judge the case. It was a major victory for the justice department and for him. It must also be pointed out that before he died he was disbarred for corruption.

“your soul thrown down in the dust, your heart torn out from gods, but you can’t not lose.”

I saw Part 1 on stage at the Court Theatre in Christchurch, New Zealand back in the late 1990s… I knew it was an important play, however it is with maturity that I later realised just how important it was ..and still is. Thank you for this analysis. I’ve been watching excerpts from the National Theatre production … it is extraordinary. 🐑🐑🇳🇿🇳🇿

This is brillaint, . I love this show and was lucky enough to see the national production twice. Your analasis is perfect, thankyou for sharing

Roy Cohn was a lawyer, a prosecutor on the Rosenberg case. Not a judge.