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'Excited and scared': Andoy Ranay returns to theater acting for modern classic

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/tvpatrol/02/11/20190214-andoy.jpg"/><figcaption>Andoy Ranay talks about his role in &quot;Angels in America: Millennium Approaches,&quot; which is considered a modern classic. <em>Atlantis Theatrical</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA -- He described it as perhaps the &quot;best contemporary piece of theater that was written in recent memory.&quot;</p><p>So it&#x27;s no surprise that Andoy Ranay is both excited and scared to be part of the local staging of &quot;Angels in America: Millennium Approaches,&quot; a Pulitzer-winning play about the devastating effects of AIDS that struck an entire generation of gay men in 1980s America.</p><p>Couple that with the fact that this is Ranay&#x27;s first role as a theater actor in 12 years -- he&#x27;s more known today as a director -- and one can get why he&#x27;s getting butterflies in his stomach.</p><p>&quot;I am here as a student all over again and it excites me and scares me. I trust my director, co-actors to be with me on this journey of learning more techniques and process to tell a story,&quot; he said.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/ATEGasia/videos/2514753302178831" data-width="auto"> </div><p>He plays the role of Belize, an ex-drag queen and a registered nurse. He is the best friend and ex-boyfriend of Prior Walter, the story&#x27;s main character to be portrayed by Topper Fabregas.</p><p>Asked about his preparations, Ranay said that reading up on his character has helped him a lot. He added that &quot;observing and actually talking to real people makes me more connected.&quot;</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/ATEGasia/videos/239324716965677/" data-width="auto"> </div><p>The local production of Tony Kushner&#x27;s &quot;Angels in America: Millennum Approaches&quot; is by Atlantis Theatrical, and will be staged starting March 22 at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium of the RCBC Plaza in Makati.</p>

<p>'I am here as a student all over again and it excites me and scares me,' says Andoy Ranay of being part of 'Angels in America: Millennium Approaches.'</p>

'I am here as a student all over again and it excites me and scares me,' says Andoy Ranay of being part of 'Angels in America: Millennium Approaches.'