The World Only Spins Forward: The Ascent of Angels in America
Authors
Isaac Butler and Dan Kois
Country
United States
Language
English
Subjects
Angels in America Stage history
Published
February 13, 2018 (Bloomsbury)
Media type
Print (Hardcover)
Pages
448
ISBN
978-1-63557-176-9
OCLC
990837091
The World Only Spins Forward: The Ascent of Angels in America is an oral history of the play Angels in America, first published in 2018. Theater director and writer Isaac Butler and journalist Dan Kois co-authored the history based upon interviews conducted in 2016–2017 with people involved with the play in different ways.[1][2] The oral history was originally compiled by the authors for the 2016 Slate cover story "Angels in America: The Complete Oral History".[3][4] The release of the book commemorated the 25th anniversary of the play's Broadway theatre premiere in 1993.[5][6]
^Smith, Wendy (21 February 2018). "A full-bodied portrait of Angels in America, a play redefined what theater could be". Washington Post. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
^"NPR Summary: The World Only Spins Forward". NPR. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
^Kois, Dan; Butler, Isaac (February 13, 2018). "How a Southern Theater Won Its Battle to Stage Angels in America but Lost the Culture Wars". Slate Magazine.
^Butler, Isaac; Kois, Dan (December 18, 2017). "How Angels in America Became the Defining Work of American Art of the Past 25 Years". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
^Schnelbach, Leah (14 February 2018). "Be the Angel You Want to See in America: The World Only Spins Forward by Isaac Butler and Dan Kois". Tor.com. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
^Winn, Steven (24 February 2018). "The World Only Spins Forward: The Ascent of Angels in America". SFGate. Hearst. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
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