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Angels in America to Offer $5 Tickets to LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS Organizations

Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, Gay Men’s Health Crisis, and more will benefit from the fund.

Andrew Garfield and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett in Angels in America at the Neil Simon Theatre.
Andrew Garfield and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett in Angels in America at the Neil Simon Theatre.
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The Tony-nominated National Theatre production of Tony Kushner's Angels in America has established the new "Angels Fund," providing $5 tickets to New York City-area LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS service organizations.

Some of the organizations that have received these specially priced tickets include Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA), Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), SAGE, Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, and the LGBTQ Center. The Angels Fund is supported by Howard Gilman Foundation and SHS Foundation with additional support from Debby Landesman, Barbara Whitman/Purple Plume Foundation, Daryl and Steven Roth, and Elizabeth Armstrong.

Directed by two-time Tony Award winner Marianne Elliott, Angels in America stars Academy Award and Tony Award nominee Andrew Garfield and two-time Tony Award winner Nathan Lane. The company also features Tony nominees Susan Brown and Denise Gough, Amanda Lawrence, James McArdle, Lee Pace, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Beth Malone, Patrick Andrews, Glynis Bell, Amy Blackman, Curt James, Rowan Ian Seamus Magee, Mark Nelson, Matty Oaks, Genesis Oliver, Jane Pfitsch, Lee Aaron Rosen, Ron Todorowski, Silvia Vrskova, and Lucy York.

The design team includes Ian MacNeil (scenic design), Nicky Gillibrand (costume design), Paule Constable (lighting design), Adrian Sutton (music), Ian Dickinson (sound design), Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell (puppetry designers), Finn Caldwell (puppetry director and movement), Robby Graham (movement), and Chris Fisher (illusions).

Nominated for 11 Tonys, the production runs through July 15 at the Neil Simon Theatre.