NewsPHOTO ARCHIVE: Arthur Miller's Death of a SalesmanThe new Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning American tragedy Death of a Salesman, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, is currently in previews at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Playbill.com looks back at some notable Broadway and regional stagings of the classic.
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Matthew Blank, Joseph Marzullo
February 23, 2012
The show originally opened on Feb. 10, 1949, at the Morosco Theatre. The production won six Tony Awards, including Best Play, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play. Elia Kazan directed a cast headed by Lee J. Cobb.
Directed by eight-time Tony Award winner Mike Nichols, the strictly limited 16-week engagement will officially open March 15. The cast also features Obie Award winner Linda Emond as Linda Loman and Andrew Garfield ("The Social Network," "The Amazing Spider-Man") in his Broadway debut as Biff Loman.
The production features a re-creation of the original Tony Award-winning scenic design by Jo Mielziner, with costume design by Academy Award winner and five-time Tony Award nominee Ann Roth, lighting by five-time Tony Award winner Brian MacDevitt, sound design by Tony Award winner Scott Lehrer, hair and wig design by David Brian Brown, makeup design by Ivana Primorac, original music by Alex North and music supervision by Glen Kelly.
A limited number of $30 rush tickets will be available to theatregoers 30 years of age and under at every performance. Rush tickets will be sold in person at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre box office (243 West 47th Street) when it opens on the day of the performance. There will be a limit of two tickets per valid ID, subject to availability. The box office is open Monday-Saturday, 10 AM-8 PM.
For more information visit www.DeathofaSalesmanBroadway.com.