Few stage productions attract the level of expectation which surrounds the National Theatre's new revival in London of Tony Kushner's 1990s play Angels in America. Its star cast ensured it sold out within days. But Russell Tovey says the gay drama was part of his life long before he signed up to act in it. In 2006 Tovey, at 24, was in New York to appear in The History Boys on Broadway. But he already knew and admired Kushner's play, mainly from the HBO version. "Most days I ran around Central Park and the Bethesda fountain there became a pilgrimage point for me," he says.
