A View from the Bridge Revival 2015
Run Time:
One hour and 55 minutes, with no intermission
Opened: November 12, 2015One hour and 55 minutes, with no intermission
Closing: February 21, 2016
A View from the Bridge - 2015 Broadway History , Info & More
Lyceum Theatre (Broadway)
149 W. 45th St. New York, NY 10036
In London this past season, there was one show that everyone was talking about. The Young Vic production of A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE premiered in April 2014 to ecstatic reviews and instantly sold out its initial engagement. The production subsequently transferred to London's West End for another completely sold-out run. It won the 2015 Olivier Awards for Best Revival, Best Actor and Best Director. It was named the top theater pick of the year by The Evening Standard, The Guardian and The Independent. The Times called it "one of the great theatrical productions of the decade."
The Financial Times called it "superb, searing and triumphant." Time Out wrote, "To say visionary director Ivo van Hove's production is the best show in London is like saying Stonehenge is the current best rock arrangement in Wiltshire; it almost feels silly to compare this pure, primal, colossal thing with anything else on the stage."
The visionary director, Olivier winner Ivo van Hove, will be making his Broadway debut. The stellar cast will be led by Mark Strong (The Imitation Game; Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy), who won the Olivier Award for his portrayal of Eddie Carbone in Miller's dark and passionate classic drama set on the Brooklyn waterfront.
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‘A View From the Bridge’ Review: Troubled Waters of Self-Regard
7 / 10
The actors walk around barefoot for no apparent reason, accompanied by snippets of the Fauré Requiem that are played on an endless loop, with a drum tapping at maddeningly metronomic intervals to signify...what? Only, it seems, that Mr. Van Hove is so determined to put his personal stamp on 'A View From the Bridge' that he doesn't seem to care whether any of his over-familiar avant-garde tricks are organically related to the script. Instead, they're poured over it like a rancid sauce. What I find most puzzling about Mr. Van Hove's method is that when you scrape away the sauce of self-regard, what you find underneath...is a staging that gets to the point of Miller's play with near-naturalistic directness. Not only does he move actors around fluidly, but he also knows how to pick them: Mark Strong is simple and forceful as Eddie Carbone...Unfortunately, [Van Hove] neither trusts them nor the play, which is pretentious in its own way...but can be shatteringly effective when done well.
A View from the Bridge
10 / 10
Shatteringly tough revivals such as A View from the Bridge can inspire dueling emotions. First, obviously, there's immense satisfaction and gratitude that Belgian director Ivo van Hove digs down and grabs the pulsing, bloody heart of Arthur Miller's 1956 drama...But then comes anger that similarly audacious visions of the classics are so rare...The head that throbs the hardest is bullet-clean and belongs to Mark Strong, who gives a performance of harrowing intensity as doomed Eddie Carbone...Van Hove stages this elegant and lean tale with almost perverse understatement...Earlier I promised angry words about New York's 'classics problem'...Our directors need to study how [van Hove] strips away anything inessential to the text and lasers in on breathing, moving bodies in space.
A View from the Bridge History
Other Productions of A View from the Bridge
| 1955 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 1965 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 1983 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Production Broadway |
| 1997 | Broadway |
Roundabout Revival Broadway |
| 2010 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| West End |
West End West End |
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| 2015 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Production Broadway |
| 2019 | Immersive |
Brave New World Repertory Theatre's Immersive Production Immersive |
A View from the Bridge - 2015 Broadway Awards and Nominations
Note: Award winners will appear on a background
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Mark Strong |
| 2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Nicola Walker |
| 2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Ivo van Hove |
| 2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | A View From the Bridge |
| 2016 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Mark Strong |
| 2016 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Nicola Walker |
| 2016 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Arthur Miller |
| 2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Mark Strong |
| 2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Nicola Walker |
| 2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Ivo van Hove |
| 2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or off-Broadway) | A View From the Bridge |
| 2016 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Ivo Van Hove |
| 2016 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Play | Jan Versweyveld |
| 2016 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Mark Strong |
| 2016 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge |
| 2016 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Play | Jan Versweyveld |
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