The Angel in the House
Closed mid-January 1994 · On stands late January 1994
The Front
The Meridian Index
January's small numbers — heating-oil prices, the average deductible on a homeowner's policy after a hard freeze, subscription renewals against last year
Field Notes
A short item on which designer is dressing which Best Actress contender for the season's crowded run of televised award shows
The Essay
What the Stage Would Not Say on Television
Angels in America's arrival on Broadway and Philadelphia's release into wide theatrical distribution — AIDS entering mainstream American entertainment on its own terms rather than the evening news's
The Foreign File
The Ledger of a Cease-Fire
A dispatch on a winter truce that both sides describe as temporary
The Feature Well
Casting Call
A profile of a regional-theater casting director assembling ensembles for three simultaneous touring productions out of a Midwestern hub, treated as a piece about taste under deadline
The City
Subject: A midtown ticket broker's January, when subscription renewals and cold-weather no-shows meet
The Back
Books: A review of Tony Kushner's published text against the staged version · Art: A notice on the winter's regional museum benefit-auction circuit · Film: Philadelphia reviewed alongside the decade's earlier, quieter AIDS films