We are closing our 2026 program with something truly momentous: the first *ever* Toronto screening of Mike Nichols’s 2003 adaptation of Tony Kushner’s gay fantasia of a masterpiece, Angels in America.

Starring a most extraordinary ensemble that includes Meryl Streep, Al Pacino, Emma Thompson, Mary Louise-Parker, Justin Kirk, Ben Shenkman, Patrick Wilson and Jeffrey Wright (ALL of whom were among the series’s record 21 Emmy nominations), Angels in America takes Kushner’s landmark, Pulitzer Prize winning play and turns one of our greatest creative works on the AIDS crisis into visionary cinema… even if it technically was made for TV. 

We will be screening it as the original play intended: in two 3 hour parts. The first (“Millennium Approaches”) will screen at 7pm on December 9th at Paradise, with the second (“Perestroika”) a week later at 7pm on December 16th. You can reserve your ticket FOR FREE now at the link in our bio. When you join us each night, pay what you can at the door, and we will donate 100% of the money raised to some angels in Canada: the folks at Friends of Ruby.

Both nights will be hosted by Peter Knegt, and they were both made possible by the generous sponsorship of the Gay Mens Sexual Health Alliance. Our stunning poster was designed by Paul Twa, and will also be available in print at the screenings.

Screening Angels in America like this has long been a dream for us, and we just want to thank everyone at Paradise (but especially Lucy Walker) for making it happen. We are so excited tor you all to join us in becoming this city’s first audience to experience Nichols and Kushner’s genius as we believe is the most special way possible: in a packed theatre full of queers and the people who love them. 😇😇😇😇