‘Angels in America’ Casts Stephen Spinella and Bob the Drag Queen

Stephen Spinella will once again star in “Angels in America,” but not in the role he first portrayed. Berkeley Repertory Theater in California announced Thursday that Mr. Spinella — who won two Tony Awards as Prior Walter in the original two-part Broadway production of Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America” — will play Roy Cohn in a production there this spring.

Caldwell Tidicue — an actor better known as Bob the Drag Queen, the winner of Season 8 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” — will play the nurse Belize in his first role in a major stage production. Mr. Tidicue’s acting credits include appearances on HBO’s “High Maintenance” and in the films “Rough Night” and “Cherry Pop.”

The cast will also include Randy Harrison (Showtime’s “Queer as Folk” and USA’s “Mr. Robot”) as Prior. Tony Taccone, the Berkeley Rep artistic director, will direct; the play was originally commissioned by the Eureka Theater when Mr. Taccone was artistic director there.

Performances are scheduled to start April 17 and run through July 22.

A new Broadway revival of “Angels in America” is also planned to open at the Neil Simon Theater in March, starring Nathan Lane as Roy Cohn.