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In the 1990s a work by rising American playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner (Munich, Lincoln, Homebody/Kabul, Caroline or Change) captured a period of landmark social change in America, and a shift in consciousness during the latter decades of the 20th Century, with some prophesies about the 21st century. After years of development work the first part of “Andels in America,” Millennium Approaches, premiered in New York at the Public Theatre in New York. It was followed by another epic work called “Perestroika.” The two-part masterpiece became an influential Broadway and International hit. The 2006 HBO television version starring Al Pacino has kept the legacy alive for new generations – and the play is currently being revived around the country. The published play, which the renowned critic Harold Bloom has included in his modern list of “Great Books,” depicts the emergence of LGBT rights, the Mormon Church, the AIDS epidemic, the Reagan-era transformation of both government and business, and finally, the looming figure of Roy Cohn—a man whose influence in American politics ranged from the Rosenberg trial and his work as Counsel for the McCarthy Committee in the 1950s to his legacy as it affects the present day, having been a primary political mentor of the current President.