Cristofer, Fontana, Hecht, Stoll Join Broadway's View From the Bridge

By Kenneth Jones
23 Nov 2009

Jessica Hecht
Jessica Hecht
Photo by Aubrey Reuben

Jessica Hecht, Michael Cristofer, Santino Fontana and Corey Stoll will join the previously announced Tony Award winner Liev Schreiber and Golden Globe nominee Scarlett Johansson, in her Broadway debut, in the new Broadway production of Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge.

Gregory Mosher directs the staging, to play a limited 14-week run at the Cort Theatre beginning Dec. 28. Opening is Jan. 24, 2009.

Recently seen in Tony Kushner's The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright, Michael Cristofer will play the role of Alfieri.

Santino Fontana (Billy Elliot, Brighton Beach Memoirs) and Jessica Hecht (Last Night of Ballyhoo) will play the roles of Rodolfo and Beatrice, respectively.

Drama Desk nominee Corey Stoll (Intimate Apparel, Vershinin in Sarah Ruhl's adaptation of Three Sisters at the Cincinnati Playhouse on the Park) will play the role of Marco.

Full casting will be announced shortly.

"In A View From the Bridge," according the production notes, "Miller's most passionate drama, Schreiber will play Eddie Carbone, a Brooklyn longshoreman obsessed with his 17-year-old niece Catherine, played by Scarlett Johansson. When Catherine falls in love with a newly arrived immigrant, Eddie's jealousy erupts in a rage that consumes him, his family, and his world."

A View From the Bridge will be produced by Stuart Thompson and The Araca Group. Additional producers include Jeffrey Finn, The Weinstein Company, Olympus Theatricals, Broadway Across America, Adam Zotovich, Marisa Sechrest, Sonia Friedman/Robert G. Bartner, Swinsky/Dietch.

The creative team will include John Lee Beatty (scenic design), Jane Greenwood (costume design), Peter Kaczorowski (lighting design), and Scott Lehrer (sound design).

Tickets are available through Telecharge.com, by phone at (212) 239-6200, or 800-432-7250, online at www.Telecharge.com.

For more information, visit www.AViewFromTheBridgeOnBroadway.com.