There's always the danger of a play about the AIDS crisis, set in 1980s America, feeling like a dusty, outdated period piece.
London's National Theatre's revival of Angels in America doesn't.
Instead it marks the play's triumphant, bold return to the UK stage, carried by a stellar cast and a story as relevant as ever.
It is as hilarious as it is moving, as poignant and relevant as Kushner's epic is often downright bizarre.
The company delivers a dazzling seven-and-a-half hours, from the haunting realism of part one, Millennium Approaches, to the ever more fantastical seen in Perestroika (part two).