The two parts of the play are separately presentable and entitled Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, respectively. The play has been adapted into an HBO 2003 miniseries of the same title. "The Seattle Times" listed the series as among "Best of the filmed AIDS portrayals" on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of AIDS. The playwright and professor of theater studies John M. Clum called the play "a turning point in the history of gay drama, the history of American drama, and of American literary culture".