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.
Look Back at More than 70 Years of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman on Broadway
Look Back at More than 70 Years of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman on Broadway
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Playbill cover for the original Broadway production, 1949
Lee J. Cobb and Mildred Dunnock in Death of a Salesman
Photo by Fred Fehl
Mildred Dunnock, Lee J. Cobb, Arthur Kennedy and Cameron Mitchell in Death of a Salesman
A scene from the original production of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, directed by Elia Kazan. Pictured are (l-r) Cameron Mitchell, Lee J. Cobb, Thomas Chalmers and Arthur Kennedy.
Photo by Eileen Darby
Playbill cover for the 1975 Broadway revival starring George C. Scott
Zhu Lin and Ying Ruocheng in the 1983 Beijing premiere
Playbill cover for the 1984 Broadway revival starring Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman and David Chandler in the 1984 Broadway revival
Stephen Lang, Kate Reid and John Malkovich in the 1984 Broadway revival
Karen Needle, Stephen Lang and Linda Kozlowski in the 1984 Broadway revival
Louis Zorich, Dustin Hoffman and Kate Reid in the 1984 Broadway revival
John Malkovich, Dustin Hoffman and Stephen Lang in the 1984 Broadway revival
Kate Reid and Dustin Hoffman in the 1984 Broadway revival
The cast of the 1984 Broadway revival
Dustin Hoffman in the 1984 Broadway revival
Louis Zorich in the 1984 Broadway revival
Kate Reid in the 1984 Broadway revival
David Chandler in the 1984 Broadway revival
Jon Polito and Dustin Hoffman in the 1984 Broadway revival
David Huddleston in the 1984 Broadway revival
John Malkovich and Stephen Lang in the 1984 Broadway revival
Playbill cover for the 1999 Broadway revival starring Brian Dennehy
Kevin Anderson, Brian Dennehy and Ted Koch in the 1999 Broadway revival
Kevin Anderson and Brian Dennehy in the 1999 Broadway revival
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.
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