Green Revival Lab＃1

Angels in America

Part1 Millennium Approaches / Part2 Perestroika

This will be a performance that does not fade away after the curtain falls, one of the pillars advocated by Artistic Director Satoshi Kamimura. As the first step, we are launching a project known as the Green Revival Lab in which the same set design is used each season with the aim of utilising resources effectively for social sustainability.

And as our first example, we will revisit and rework Tony Kushner's masterpiece Angels in America--the two-part play that Kamimura directed in 2023, cast entirely through open auditions. Set during the 1980s AIDS crisis in New York, this ensemble drama is a theatrical masterpiece depicting suffering and conflict in American society around sexuality, race, religion, politics and more. Focusing on a young gay man with AIDS named Prior, it incorporates fantasy elements such as angels into a depiction of people determined to keep moving forward.

Delving deeply into the work, this production aims to focus on showcasing the possibilities of the voice, the body and storytelling. This production reunites performers from the work's premiere, including Atsushi Yamanishi, who won the 74th Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Art Encouragement Prize and the 31st Yomiuri Theatre Award for Best Actor for his depiction of real-life figure Roy M. Cohn, as well as Masahiro Asano, Tatsuya Iwanaga, Kohki Osamura, Keisuke Sakamoto and Natsuki Mizu.

We are also welcoming two new cast members as we begin another great creation at the New National Theatre, Tokyo. We hope you enjoy it.