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Nathan Lane to join Andrew Garfield in Angels in America

The cast joining Denise Gough and Russell Tovey have been confirmed

Susan Brown, Nathan Lane and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett
Susan Brown, Nathan Lane and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett
(© Dan Wooller/David Gordon)

Further casting has been announced for the National Theatre's upcoming production of Angels in America.

Nathan Lane, Susan Brown, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and James McArdle will all be joining the already announced Andrew Garfield, Denise Gough and Russell Tovey.

Tony Kushner's play will be directed by Marianne Elliott in the Lyttelton Theatre in May 2017. Lane's previous work includes The Birdcage, The Producers and Timon in the film The Lion King. He also stars in TV sitcom Modern Family.

Brown has starred in Husbands & Sons, Harper Regan and Playing with Fire at the National Theatre, as well as Julius Caesar at the Donmar at St Ann's Warehouse. McArdle's previous credits include Platonov and Ivanov at Chichester Festival Theatre and James I in The James Plays. Nathan Stewart-Jarrett has starred in Misfits and Utopia and The History Boys on tour and in the West End.

Angels in America received its British premiere at the National Theatre's Cottesloe in 1992.

Angels in America runs at the National Theatre from May 2017.

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