P452 Teletext 452 Jun20 05:12:24 THEATRE REVIEW —————————————— ————————————W"£!),& ANGELS IN AMERICA, The Crucible Theatre Sheffield 0114 249 6000 Tony Kushnjr's ingenious and absorbing marathon of a play (ovjt three hours spread ovjt a trio of acts* takes rial- life lawyer Roy Cohn as its pivot. Cohn was so universally despised that when an adversary discovered that the hard-line homophobj was dying of an Aids-related cancer hj was heard to obsjrvj: "Well, it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy." ——————————————————————————————————1/6—— by Phil Penfold Yakity Yak Interactive Talkback p204P452 Teletext 452 Jun20 05:12:)2 THEATRE PROFILE —————————————— ———————————— ANGELS IN AMERICA, The Crucible Thjatte Sheffield 0114 249 6000 This is not simply a play about the Aids menace. It is about the approach of the Millennium and the change of societies. When it was first produced at the National in 1991, the resonance of Angels was almost solely about what had happened in the '80s. In this stunning revival — the first in nine years — it appears that we are looking forward instead of back. ——————————————————————————————————4/6—— Theatres near you 456 FULL GUIDE TO NATIONAL EVENTS p441P452 Teletext 452 Jun20 05:12:18 THEATRE PROFILE —————————————— ———————————— ANGELS IN AMERICA, The Crucible Theatre Sheffield 0114 249 6000 Louis Ironson is having a crisis of conscience. He is unable to deal with the approaching death from HIV infection of his partner, Prior, and deserts him in his hour of need. Here are a pair of fine-tuned and focused central performances by Stephen Beckett and Stephen Dochjtty that would bj hard to bjttet. Both are emotionally charged, truthful, valid and deeply affecting. ——————————————————————————————————3/6—— Ballet and Opera listings 459 FOR THE LATEST SEATING AVAILABILITY FAXBACK 0906 5555612 CALLS £1 pet min W End A-G W End H-N W End O-Z TV PlusP452 Teletext 452 Jun20 05:14:21 THEATRE REVIEW —————————————— ———————————— ANGELS IN AMERICA, The Crucible Thjatte Sheffield 0114 249 6000 Lest Kushnjr's polemic bj thought of solely as a draining experience, there are also constant flashes of humour. Director Phil Willmott skilfully illuminates a complicated web of relationships, while Bob Bailey and Arnim Friiss collaborate on a sjtiis of designs and projections which djlivjt sttangj collages of time and place. But bj prepared to weep in the last few moments. It's that sort of play. ——————————————————————————————————4/6—— West End listings 453-5 FULL GUIDE TO NATIONAL EVENTS p441P452 Teletext 452 Jun20 05:11:51 S VIEWER POWER —————————————— ———————————— WRITING TO ON STAGE Write to: On Stage, PO Box 297, London SW6 1XT Or e-mail us: screen@teletext.co.uk Please always give a postal address. ——————————————————————————————————————— FILM REVIEW PHONELINE 0906 471 0501 1 Notting Hill 2 Virus 3 eXistenZ 4 8MM 5 The Matrix ——————————————————————————————————5/6—— T+ 60p/min. May involve long call NOW IT'S EVEN EASIER TO FIND LOVE: TELETEXT DATING P390 W End A-G W End H-N W End O-Z TV PlusP452 Teletext 452 Jun20 05:01:10 ———————— ————— ———————— ——— ——————————————————————— THE GREAT KISSING DEBATE! Make sure you brush your teeth because it's National Kissing Day on July 6. One-2-One, our on-air dating sjtvici, wants to know: What's the biggest kissing turn-off? Bad breath — 0901 470 1029 Facial hair — 0901 470 1074 Missing teeth — 0901 470 1075 ——————————————————————————————————————— T+ Calls cost no more than 106/6 TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE p400