Angels in America, Part Two

"It focuses on the story of Prior Walter, a gay man living with AIDS who has recently been left by his partner, Louis, after he could not cope with the physical and personal impact of the disease. The play opens as Prior is visited by the Angel who has come to make him the prophet for the Great Work designed by the angels above to save the human race ... Interlinked with Prior are his ex-partner Louis, who has started a confused relationship with married Mormon lawyer Joe, and Harper, who is married to Joe and possesses the other-worldly vision (or "Threshold of Revelation") that Prior also has. Prior is unwittingly assisted in his road to revelation by Hannah Pitt (Joe's mother), who arrives from Salt Lake City to take care of Harper when Joe begins his affair with Louis. Aside from Prior's journey, the play also contends with the death of Roy Cohn, a real life attorney and key power broker during the McCarthy era. He is dying from AIDS and is visited in his final hours by Ethel Rosenberg, who wants to be the one to tell him of his disbarment and ultimate professional demise"--StageAgent