Reviews: What Do the Critics Think of Broadway's Death of a Salesman Starring Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalf, and Christopher Abbott?

Tony winner Joe Mantello is at the helm of the Arthur Miller classic.

April 09, 2026 By Meg Masseron

Laurie Metcalf and Nathan Lane in *Death of a Salesman* (Emilio Madrid)

Reviews are rolling in for the newest Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's Pulitzer-winning Death of a Salesman at the Winter Garden Theatre, which officially opened April 9. Previews began March 6, with the extended run set to continue through August 9. Joe Mantello is at the helm.

Tony winners Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf lead the new revival as Willy and Linda Loman, respectively, opposite Christopher Abbott as Biff Loman, Ben Ahlers as Happy Loman, K. Todd Freeman as Charley, Jonathan Cake as Uncle Ben, John Drea as Howard Wagner, Michael Benjamin Washington as Bernard, Tasha Lawrence as The Woman, Jake Silbermann as Stanley, Joaquin Consuelos as Young Biff, Jake Termine as Young Happy, Karl Green as Young Bernard, Katherine Romans as Miss Forsythe, and Mary Neely as Letta. Understudies Jack Falahee, Aidan Cazeau, Charlie Niccolini, Alexis Bronkovic, Erik Kilpatrick, and Brendan Donaldson round out the company. Casting is by Taylor Williams.

Read the reviews below.

1 Minute Critic (Matthew Wexler)

Cititour (Brian Lipton)

Culture Sauce (Thom Geier)

Cote Notices (David Cote)

Deadline (Greg Evans)

Entertainment Weekly (Dalton Ross)

The Guardian (Adrian Horton)

The Hollywood Reporter (David Rooney)

New York Theatre Guide (Austin Fimmano)

The New York Times (Helen Shaw)*

New York Stage Review (Frank Scheck, David Finkle)

The New York Post (Johnny Oleksinski)

Town and Country Magazine (Tim Teeman)

Variety (Naveen Kumar)*

The Wall Street Journal (Charles Isherwood)*

The Wrap (Robert Hofler)

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Playbill will continue to update this list as reviews come in.

The staging features movement direction by Sasha Milavic Davies, music by Caroline Shaw, scenic design by Chloe Lamford, costume design by Rudy Mance, lighting design by Jack Knowles, sound design by Mikaal Sulaiman, and hair and wig design by Robert Pickens. Charles Means is the production stage manager, and Lily Dyble serves as associate director.

Scott Rudin and Barry Diller are producing, the duo's sophomore outing after Rudin's controversial return to the industry following allegations of abusive treatment to subordinates. Roy Furman is also producing.

The work, which explores the dark realities of the so-called "American Dream" for the middle class of the mid-century, premiered on Broadway in 1949, winning the Pulitzer and Tony and becoming a near instant stage classic. The play has since been revived on Broadway five times with various stars taking on the ill-fated Willy Loman, including George C. Scott, Dustin Hoffman, Brian Dennehy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Wendell Pierce.

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