Written by American playwright Tony Kushner, Angels in America is set in two parts, entitled Millenium Approaches and Perestroika. The story isn't the most straightforward to describe, taking place in a world somewhere between reality, dreams and hallucinations and includes interaction between humans, angels and ghosts, but it's near impossible to not become invested in this examination of AIDS and homosexuality in America during the 1980s as we predominantly follow the relationship between two gay men in New York, Louis Ironson and Prior Walter, and the various people who intersect their lives.
Angels in America has such complexity in its structure with quick emotion-charged scene (and world) changes, and with actors often playing numerous characters, but Abrahams pulls it off fabulously. He has achieved absolute perfection in his casting of such a formidable group of actors, leading to some of the strongest performances I have seen all year.