angels in america is a play in two parts by american playwright tony kushner the play is a complex often metaphorical and at times symbolic examination of aids and homosexuality in america in the 1980s certain major and minor characters are supernatural beings angels or deceased persons ghosts the play contains multiple roles for several of the actors initially and primarily focusing on a gay couple in manhattan the play also has several other storylines some of which occasionally intersect harold gaynor offers anita blake a million dollars to raise a 300yearold zombie knowing it means a human sacrifice will be necessary anita turns him down but when dead bodies start turning up she realizes that someone else has raised harolds zombieand that the zombie is a killer anita pits her power against the zombie and the voodoo priestess who controls itin the laughing corpse anita will learn that there are some secrets better left buriedand some people better off dead