Tony Kushner’s new play, entitled, “The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With A Key to the Scriptures” opened tonight at the Public Theatre in New York. The show previously opened at the Guthrie theatre in 2009, and some of the cast members have been involved with the show since then. The play follows a family whose patriarch suddenly announces he is planning to commit suicide. Reviews of the production point out the similarities between “Guide” and “Angels in America”, Kushner’s most notable work. Both plays question the very philosophies and ideologies we choose to believe in, whether they be religious or political. I have a feeling that Walter Benjamin’s name would’ve come up more than a few times had we been able to have a class discussion on this play.
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