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The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

About The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

  • Released on October 08, 2020
  • Drama

An all-star livestream benefit performance of scenes from Angels in America in support of amfAR’s Fund to Fight COVID-19.

Full Cast of The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

Glenn Close
plays Roy Cohn

Glenn Close as Roy Cohn

Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and singer of theatre and film, known for her roles as a fem...

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Jeremy O. Harris
plays Belize

Laura Linney
plays Hannah Pitt

Laura Linney as Hannah Pitt

Laura Leggett Linney (born February 5, 1964) is an American actress. She is the recipient of several awards, includin...

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S. Epatha Merkerson
plays Belize

S. Epatha Merkerson as Belize

S. Epatha Merkerson (born Sharon Epatha Merkerson) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has won a ...

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Daphne Rubin-Vega
plays Candle

Daphne Rubin-Vega as Candle

Daphne Rubin-Vega was born on November 18, 1969 and is currently 54 years old.

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Paul Dano
plays Prior Walter

Paul Dano as Prior Walter

Paul Franklin Dano (born June 19, 1984) is an American actor. He began his career on Broadway before making his film ...

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Brian Tyree Henry
plays Prior Walter

Brian Tyree Henry as Prior Walter

Brian Tyree Henry (born March 31, 1982) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Alfred "Paper Boi" Mil...

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Vella Lovell
plays Harper Pitt

Larry Owens
plays Belize

Lois Smith
plays Harper Pitt

Lois Smith as Harper Pitt

Lois Arlene Smith (née Humbert; born November 3, 1930) is an American actress. She made her film debut in the 1955 dr...

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Linda Emond
plays Phosphor

Linda Emond as Phosphor

Linda Marie Emond (born May 22, 1959) is an American actress. She has received three Tony Award nominations for her p...

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Nikki M. James
plays Lumen

Nikki M. James as Lumen

Nikki M. James was born on June 3, 1981 and is currently 43 years old.

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Patti LuPone
plays Fluor

Patti LuPone as Fluor

Patti Ann LuPone (born April 21, 1949) is an American actress and singer, who is best known for her work in stage mus...

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Andrew Rannells
plays Prior Walter

Andrew Rannells as Prior Walter

Andrew Scott Rannells was born on August 23, 1978 in the city of Omaha (Nebraska), in the United States. He studied i...

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Brandon Uranowitz
plays Louis Ironson

Alan Cumming
plays Himself

Alan Cumming as Himself

Alan Cumming, OBE FRSE (born 27 January 1965) is a Scottish-American stage and screen actor, singer, comedian, direct...

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Whoopi Goldberg
plays Herself

Whoopi Goldberg as Herself

An American comedian, actress, singer-songwriter, political activist, and talk show host. Goldberg made her film debu...

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Jake Gyllenhaal
plays Himself

Jake Gyllenhaal as Himself

Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal (born December 19, 1980) is an American actor and producer. Born into the Gyllenhaal family...

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