Theatre Rhinoceros

November 5 – 29, 2026
8:00PM
2:00PM, 3:00PM Matinee

The Gateway Theatre,
215 Jackson Street,
San Francisco, CA 94111

Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches

By Tony Kushner, directed by John Fisher. Produced by James Russell, Larry Powlesland, and Brent Mather.

In the year of its 35th anniversary, Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches rests on a throne in the LGBTQ+ theatre canon with a Pulitzer in one hand and seven Tonys in the other. It is often named one of the greatest plays of the 20th century, if not of all time. Originally commissioned by San Francisco’s Eureka Theatre Company in 1990, the play comes home to San Francisco this fall as part of Rhino’s 50th season.

Between its 1993 Broadway premiere and its 2017 National Theatre revival, Angels’ mythical status has expanded, onstage and off. But director and actor John Fisher believes the play is best experienced up close, with its human heartbreaks and joys mere feet from the audience. He calls Theatre Rhinoceros “IMAX” theatre: immediate, with actors you could touch. In his view the play was written as a fantasia, and “fantasy is immersive, not witnessed.”

Performances are Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00PM and Sundays at 3:00PM. There is no performance on November 26, and an added performance on November 28 at 2:00PM.

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