“When THE MILLENNIUM APPROACHES, the first part of ANGELS IN AMERICA, debuted on Broadway in 1993, Tony Kushner was hailed as the savior of the serious American theater” (Gainor, Garner and Puchner1459). When Kushner wrote the first part of this Gay Fantasia, he brought together many themes and issues of the 1980s. Such themes and issues include AIDS, homosexuality, religion and politics. Like other plays it is necessary to maintain a balance and therefore Kushner wrote this play with utmost precision. With so many topics to discuss, Kushner's writing had to demonstrate a wide range of characters and their differentiating opinions to maintain balance. The sense of balance in this play is demonstrated by the characters' similarities, oppositions, and connections through the writing style. Similarities between characters can strengthen their relationship and connect their reactions to events, even if the characters don't meet. For example, Harper and Louis are similar in that they abandon their lovers (Borreca 2). Louis abandons Prior when the price of Prior's declining health and imminent death becomes too great. Joe knows something too; as he leaves Harper alone taking long walks abandoning her emotionally until she finally leaves Joe, coughing blood. After abandoning their partners, Louis and Joe cling to each other thus connecting them to each other (2). Those left alone, Prior and Harper, are then connected in their loneliness and their hallucinations. They also share each other's hallucinations/dreams. This is where they are confronted with information about the other's partner that neither of them could have known in reality (Meisner 3). As a result Harper, Prior and Roy are all connected in their supernatural hallucination...... middle of paper...... 2009. 1459-463. Print.Kushner, Tony. "Angels in America, Part One: The Millennium Approaches." The Norton Anthology of Drama Volume Two From the Nineteenth Century to the Present. 1st. 2. Gainor, J. Ellen, Stanton B. Garner JR. and Martin Puchner. New York, NY: W. W. 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. Rpt. in dramatic criticism. Ed. Lawrence J.Trudeau. vol. 10. Detroit: Gale Group, 1999. Literature Resource Center. Network. 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. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Jeffrey W. Hunter. vol. 203. Detroit: Gale, 2005. Literature Resource Center. Network. December 1st. 2011.