Marianne Elliott, the director of Broadway's "Angels in America," and cast members James McArdle, Denise Gough, and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, talk about the important task of putting on the show. Plus, performer and playwright Harvey Fierstein, playwright and activist Larry Kramer, and Tom Viola, the executive director of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, give a historical perspective on how the AIDS crisis affected the theater community.

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