Death of a Salesman is a good as modern tragedy gets and its current revival proves it.
Wilborn Hampton | Posted 05.15.2012
Of the half dozen or more Willys that I have seen, including the most recent Broadway incarnations, the only one to instill genuine sympathy for this otherwise deluded blowhard is the current one, Philip Seymour Hoffman.
AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.04.2012
NEW YORK — A man works for decades and can barely scrape together enough pennies to fix his fridge. He shuffles into his home late after fruitle...
Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 04.12.2012
A man walks down a street. He's doing nothing wrong. But someone thinks he looks wrong. And something bad happens. Later, there's sorrow and commenta...
David Tereshchuk | Posted 03.30.2012
The tightly woven strands of finance and trade throughout our American consciousness give a special and extraordinary power to that classic of US theater, Arthur Miller's Death of Salesman.
Laura Rowley | Posted 05.26.2012
This past weekend I went to see "Death of a Salesman" on Broadway. When we exited the theater, my friend Bill turned to me and said, "Well, that was a Post 50 story."
Fern Siegel | Posted 05.19.2012
Now at the Barrymore, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman as Willy and Andrew Garfield as his lost son Biff, this soulful lament of missed dreams and misguided desires is staged with aching sensitivity by Mike Nichols.
Posted 03.16.2012
In one of the most highly anticipated Broadway revivals to date, director Mike Nichols takes on Arthur Miller's classic American play, "Death of a Sal...
Posted 02.11.2012
The new film "My Week With Marilyn" tells the story of a brief yet wondrous puppy dog love affair between Marilyn Monroe and a young gofer on the set ...
Harvey Weinstein | Posted 01.26.2012
As a father of four daughters, I've learned that cool is a gift that only comes occasionally; but for a short time, Marilyn Monroe, and the movie I made about her, made dad cool.
Felice Arenas | Posted 01.23.2012
Both are flaxen-haired, beautiful, and have had their personal ups and downs dominate headlines. But what is the most striking similarity between Michelle Williams and Marilyn Monroe?
Marshall Fine | Posted 01.21.2012
Simon Curtis bristles a little when asked why, having directed so extensively in television and produced numerous films, it took him so long to direct...
Tom Alderman | Posted 01.09.2012
Marilyn Monroe lives on as the last of an archetype we cling to from our innocent past but is now gone forever -- or until a future generation invents her again.
Fern Siegel | Posted 10.14.2011
Theater fans have admired her work for decades; now they can get the inside story. Actress Joan Copeland, whose worked has spanned theater, film and television, is starring in the autobiographical Joan's Show for two nights.
Cynthia Ellis | Posted 07.16.2011
The adage, "You can't go home again," isn't completely true. You can go home again, but it's going to involve serious heartbreak, a coke binge, multiple altercations, confronting uncomfortable truths and your own mother slapping your just-punched face.
David Finkle | Posted 07.05.2011
Kushner has produced a play also reminiscent of Arthur Miller at the top of his form, a play about which many ticket buyers will conclude he's equaled Miller's best.
The Huffington Post | Zoe Triska | Posted 05.25.2011
Artists obviously appreciate aesthetics, and it appears writers do as well. All of the following authors, from Norman Mailer to Salman Rushdie, have (...
Posted 05.25.2011
As Elia Kazan walks to the microphone to receive his Honorary Oscar, about two-thirds of the room stands to clap. Warren Beatty is fighting back tears...
Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011
A week after his Broadway directing debut, Lend Me a Tenor, opened to glowingly positive reviews, director Stanley Tucci is lonely - and it surprises ...
Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011
Forget "Don't ask/don't tell." The guys in Handsome Harry don't even want to know. "Those guys weren't thinking about 'Don't ask/don't tell'," says a...
Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011
The author was obviously trying to put the 2009 dinner in context with how previous years' affairs went. But he may have gotten a bit carried away in including quite so many characters, even as afterthoughts.
Fern Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011
A View From the Bridge, the revival of Arthur Miller's 1955 story, is a revelation. The cast is roundly superb, while the staging at the Cort Theater is economical and heartbreaking.
David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011
Just as the Hollywood Powers That Be are beginning to consider the lessening impact of box-office stars, the Broadway Powers That Be are concluding the only box-office sure-things are star names.
Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 05.25.2011
As we pass the 100-day milestone, one question keeps running through my mind: Do we feel better about that nagging fear for our family's financial future than we felt 100 days ago?
Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011
Tea and Sympathy will be remembered eternally for its final line, "Years from now when you talk about this -- and you will -- be kind" -- one of the tenderest moments in Broadway history.
James Campion | Posted 05.18.2012