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DATE: MONDAY, June 13, 1994                   TAG: 9407070055
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: EXTRA3   EDITION: METRO 
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"ANGELS IN AMERICA," "PASSION," CAPTURE THE TOP TONY AWARDS

"Angels in America: Perestroika," the second half of tony Kushner's epic drama about the politics and anguish of AIDS, won the 1994 Tony Award for best play Sunday, the first time in Tony history that a playwright has taken the top drama prize two years in a row. "Passion," a musical about obsessive love by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, was chosen best musical, beating out Walt Disney's "Beauty and the Beast," in a hotly contested battle. 


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