上世纪八十年代中,美国处于列根的保守政权之下,正经历爱滋病危机。《天使在美国》正讲述在这种社会背景下,一群纽约客徘徊生与死、爱与性、天堂与地狱之间,挣扎求存、奋斗的故事。东尼.库什纳(Tony Kushner)的《天使在美国》可谓近几十年来最重要的戏剧之一。此剧共分两部分,总长逾七小时,于1992年至1993年间在伦敦英国国家剧院首演,并赢得普立兹戏剧奖等多项大奖。该剧有趣又感人,尖锐又富有深刻洞见,以充满想象力的方法,探讨爱、痛苦、疾病、死亡、信仰、政治等主题,即使在25年后的今天,仍然发人深省。本次复排版的演员阵容鼎盛,荷里活及英国剧界的一线演员纷纷登场。饰演主角普莱尔的安德鲁加菲(Andrew Garfield)曾获奥斯卡最佳演员提名,代表作包括电影《蜘蛛侠:惊世现新》(The Amazing Spider-Man)及《钢锯岭》(Hacksaw Ridge)。其他主要演员包括主演BBC剧集《宝拉》(Paula)的丹妮斯高弗(Denise Gough),曾演出《星球大战:原力觉醒》(Star Wars: The Force Awakens)的占士麦卡德(James McArdle),曾演出英国国家剧院《高校男生》(The History Boys)的罗素托维(Russell Tovey),以及演出音乐剧《金牌监制》(The Producers)和电影《假凤虚凰》(The Birdcage) 的尼芬连恩(Nathan Lane)。本剧导演玛丽安.艾略特(Marianne Elliott)是奥利花奖及东尼奖双料得主。她为英国国家剧院导演的《深夜小狗神秘习题》(The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time)及《雷霆战驹》(War Horse)都大获成功。这次,她为我们谱写了一曲感人至深的人性赞歌。
After her bittersweet success in series one, Karen has been promoted to Detective Inspector and seemingly given the authority she has long been fighting for. Just as she’s getting into the swing of her powerful new role, she is assigned an infamous unsolved case that will put her under intense scrutiny; from her boss, from the media, and ultimately, from sinister forces that would rather the past stayed in the past.
The 1984 case of Catriona and Adam Grant has confounded investigators and intrigued the public like no other. Catriona, the charming young heiress to a vast oil fortune, and her two year old son Adam, were brutally kidnapped at gunpoint outside a fish and chip shop in Fife. The ransom notes that followed stirred up an uncontrollable press storm, but when the culprits fell silent, the police faltered, and Catriona and Adam were never seen again.
Now, a man’s body has been discovered, with indisputable links to the original kidnap. With the first piece of evidence in decades, Karen must assemble an unbeatable team alongside her sincere and lovable sidekick DC Jason ‘Mint’ and the brilliant – but romantically complicated – DS Phil Parhatka. With the international renown of the kidnap and the constant pressure from Catriona’s father, Sir Broderick Grant, the team take on the biggest challenge of their careers to date. As Karen delves deeper into what happened in the autumn of 1984, political grudges and painful secrets reveal themselves, and it soon becomes clear… the past is far from dead.