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How 'Angels in America' changed the national conversation by Mary McNamara

Tony Kushner's sprawling play, introduced in the early 1990s, touched on all manner of concerns. It altered the way people thought about AIDS — and much more.Queen Elizabeth called 1992 her annus horribilis . Bill Clinton defeated President George H.W. Bush and ended the Reagan era. Pope John Paul II lifted the Edict of Inquisition against Galileo, and the Toronto Blue Jays became the first non-American team t…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM on November 10, 2012

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