roy cohn – Jewcy https://jewcy.com Jewcy is what matters now Wed, 26 Jul 2017 17:56:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.5 https://jewcy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cropped-Screen-Shot-2021-08-13-at-12.43.12-PM-32x32.png roy cohn – Jewcy https://jewcy.com 32 32 ‘Angels in America,’ Featuring Trump’s Mentor Roy Cohn, Captures the National Mood https://jewcy.com/arts-and-culture/angels-america-featuring-trumps-mentor-roy-cohn-captures-national-mood?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=angels-america-featuring-trumps-mentor-roy-cohn-captures-national-mood https://jewcy.com/arts-and-culture/angels-america-featuring-trumps-mentor-roy-cohn-captures-national-mood#respond Wed, 26 Jul 2017 17:44:28 +0000 http://jewcy.com/?p=160588 The seminal play is having a moment, on stages around the world and in the Oval Office.

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There might come a time when Angels in America is irrelevant. 2017 isn’t that year. I expect the next three years to be locks as well.

But that’s OK, because isn’t it a magnificent work? Written by Tony Kushner and filled with Jewish imagery (as well as Christian and even a surreal Mormon animatronic puppet show), the Pulitzer-prize winning Angels in America is a seminal notch on the bedpost of Jewish theatrical achievement.

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