Following a critically acclaimed run in London, this vibrant and timely production of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman comes to Broadway for 17 weeks only. Olivier Award nominee Wendell Pierce and Olivier Award winner and 2022 Tony nominee Sharon D Clarke reprise their roles as Willy and Linda Loman in a revival told – for the first time on Broadway – from the perspective of an African American family.
A new cast of supporting actors joins the production in New York, featuring Khris Davis and Tony winner André De Shields. Directed by Miranda Cromwell – who won an Olivier Award alongside co-director Marianne Elliott for the West End and Young Vic productions – this powerful interpretation of Miller's classic drama illuminates the dark underbelly of the American Dream and its elusive promise of equality and opportunity for all. Don’t miss the brilliantly reimagined revival The New York Times called "vital and electrifying."
Cromwell, however, treats the play as though it were carved entirely in air. The scenic design by Anna Fleischle allows only the barest minimum of set pieces to swoop in from above and sketch the various settings. Incorporating live music as a theatrical emollient, the staging risks turning 'Death of a Salesman' into a funhouse with an array of expressionistic effects that only the great De Shields is able to stylishly pull off.
The 'Death of a Salesman' that opens tonight on Broadway begins and ends with the people around Willy Loman literally singing the blues - the music that turned the bitterness and exhaustion of the African American experience into something powerful and beautiful. The hope for that same kind of vital transformation is surely what is behind the casting of Wendell Pierce as Willy Loman, Sharon D Clarke as his wife Linda, and other Black actors as Willy's family, in this sixth Broadway production of Arthur Miller's modern tragedy about an ordinary American.
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Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2023 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Play | Miranda Cromwell |
2023 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Sharon D Clarke |
2023 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Wendell Pierce |
2023 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Death of a Salesman |
2023 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Sharon D. Clarke |
2023 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play | Sharon D Clarke |
2023 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Death of a Salesman |
2023 | Tony Awards | Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Wendell Pierce |
2023 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Play | Jen Schriever |
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