{"product_id":"the-world-only-spins-forward-isaac-butler-9781635572988","title":"The World Only Spins Forward: The Ascent of Angels in America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe oral history of \u003ci\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/i\u003e, as told by the artists who created it and the audiences forever changed by it--a moving account of the AIDS era, essential queer history, and pure theater magic (NPR).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA STONEWALL BOOK AWARDS HONOR BOOK \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Tony Kushner's \u003ci\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/i\u003e hit Broadway in 1993, it won the Pulitzer Prize, swept the Tonys, launched a score of major careers, and changed the way gay lives were represented in popular culture. Mike Nichols's 2003 HBO adaptation starring Meryl Streep, Al Pacino, and Mary-Louise Parker was itself a tour de force, winning Golden Globes and eleven Emmys, and introducing the play to an even wider public. This generation-defining classic continues to shock, move, and inspire viewers worldwide. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, on the 25th anniversary of that Broadway premiere, Isaac Butler and Dan Kois offer the definitive account of \u003ci\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/i\u003e in the most fitting way possible: through oral history, the vibrant conversation and debate of actors (including Streep, Parker, Nathan Lane, and Jeffrey Wright), directors, producers, crew, and Kushner himself. Their intimate storytelling reveals the on- and offstage turmoil of the play's birth--a hard-won miracle beset by artistic roadblocks, technical disasters, and disputes both legal and creative. And historians and critics help to situate the play in the arc of American culture, from the staunch activism of the AIDS crisis through civil rights triumphs to our current era, whose politics are a dark echo of the Reagan '80s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExpanded from a popular \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e cover story and built from nearly 250 interviews, \u003ci\u003eThe World Only Spins Forward\u003c\/i\u003e is both a rollicking theater saga and an uplifting testament to one of the great works of American art of the past century, from its gritty San Francisco premiere to its starry, much-anticipated Broadway revival in 2018.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Isaac Butler, Dan Kois\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1635572983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635572988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.20d","brand":"Isaac Butler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989427388671,"sku":"9781635572988","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_38351fee-f83d-4f4a-8519-17e2c4e6eb2e.jpg?v=1683299440","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-world-only-spins-forward-isaac-butler-9781635572988","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}