“When MILLENNIUM APPROACHES, the first part of ANGELS IN AMERICA, premiered on Broadway in 1993, Tony Kushner was hailed as the savior of serious American theater” (Gainor, Garner and Puchner1459 ). When Kushner wrote the first part of this Gay Fantasia, he brought together many themes and issues from the 1980s. These themes and issues include AIDS, homosexuality, religion and politics. As with other pieces, a balance must be maintained and that is why Kushner wrote this work with exact precision. With so many topics to discuss, Kushner's writing had to demonstrate a wide range of characters and their differentiated opinions to maintain balance. This play's sense of balance is demonstrated by the similarities, oppositions, and connections of the characters through the writing style. The similarities between characters can strengthen their relationship and connect their reactions to events, even if the characters don't come together. For example, Harper and Louis are similar in that they abandon their lovers (Borreca 2). Louis abandons Prior when the toll of Prior's declining health and impending death becomes too heavy. Joe also knows something; as he leaves Harper alone for long walks, deserting her emotionally until she finally leaves Joe, coughing up blood. After abandoning their partners, Louis and Joe cling to each other and thus connect them (2). Those left alone, Prior and Harper, are then connected in their loneliness and hallucinations. They even share each other's hallucinations/dreams. This is where they confront each other about each other's partner with information that neither of them could have known in reality (Meisner 3). Therefore, Harper, Prior and Roy are all linked in their supernatural hallucination...... middle of paper...... 2009. 1459-463. Print. Kushner, Tony. “Angels in America, Part One: Approaches to the Millennium.” The Norton Anthology of Theater, Volume Two, from the Nineteenth Century to the Present. 1st. 2. Gainor, J. Ellen, Stanton B. Garner JR. and Martin Puchner. New York, NY: WW Norton & Company Inc., 2009. 1465-525. Print.All related material comes from this primary sourcePosnock, Ross. “Roy Cohn in America.” Raritan 13.3 (Winter 1994): 64-77. Rep. in Dramatic Criticism. Ed. Lawrence J. Trudeau. Flight. 10. Detroit: Gale Group, 1999. Information Resource Center. Internet. December 1, 2011. Meisner, Natalie. “Playing with the Idyllic: The Performance of Femininity in Kushner’s Angels in America.” » Yale Journal of Criticism 16.1 (Spring 2003): 177-189. Rep. in contemporary literary criticism. Ed. Jeffrey W. Hunter. Flight. 203. Detroit: Gale, 2005. Information Resource Center. Internet. December 1. 2011.