Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In the early 1980s, playwright Tony Kushner kept returning to one place – Emma Stebbins' masterpiece: the Angel of the Waters at Bethesda Fountain in Central Park. He realized that the angel provided inspiration to his career when the title "Angels in America" came to him in a dream. The play would be awarded a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony.
From an upcoming episode of Treasures of New York, featuring sculptor Emma Stebbins and premiering on WLIW in Fall 2026.
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#TonyKushner #AngelsInAmerica #CentralPark #BethesdaFountain #EmmaStebbins #Broadway #THIRTEEN #NewYorkCity #TreasuresOfNewYork #LGBTQ #Pride #PrideMonth
In the early 1980s, playwright Tony Kushner kept returning to one place – Emma Stebbins' masterpiece: the Angel of the Waters at Bethesda Fountain in Central Park. He realized that the angel provided inspiration to his career when the title "Angels in America" came to him in a dream. The play would be awarded a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony.
From an upcoming episode of Treasures of New York, featuring sculptor Emma Stebbins and premiering on WLIW in Fall 2026.
Image #1 at 0:41:
Author: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Link to asset: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emma_Stebbins_(1815-1882)_circa_1875.png
Link to license: Public Domain
Image #2 at 0:55:
Author: Playbill Inc.
Link to asset: playbill.com/production/angels-in-america-millennium-approaches-walter-kerr-theatre-vault-0000010052
Link to license: playbill.com/privacy-policy
Image #3 at 1:00:
Author: Donald Cooper via Alamy
Link to asset and license:alamy.com/nancy-crane-the-angel-stephen-dillane-prior-walter-in-perestroika-part-2-of-angels-in-america-by-tony-kushner-at-the-cottesloe-theatre-national-theatre-nt-london-se1-20111993-music-paddy-cunneen-design-nick-ormerod-lighting-mick-hughes-movement-jane-gibson-director-declan-donnellan-image389123047.html
#TonyKushner #AngelsInAmerica #CentralPark #BethesdaFountain #EmmaStebbins #Broadway #THIRTEEN #NewYorkCity #TreasuresOfNewYork #LGBTQ #Pride #PrideMonth
