When the Great Depression cost his family their fortune, Victor Franz gave up his dream of an education to support his father. Three decades later, Victor has returned to his childhood home to sell the remainder of his parents' estate. His wife, his estranged brother, and the wily furniture dealer hired to appraise their possessions all arrive with their own agendas, forcing Victor to confront a question, long-stifled, about the value of his sacrifice.
One of the most personal plays by the consummate voice of the American everyman, Arthur Miller's The Price is a riveting story about the struggle to make peace with the past and create hope for the future. Steppenwolf co-founder Terry Kinney (reasons to be pretty) directs.
Until Tony Shalhoub arrives on stage to usher in a very different second act, theatergoers at the Roundabout's American Airlines Theatre might get the impression that they're watching a big, broad comedy. So what if the play is Arthur Miller's 'The Price,' which opened Thursday? Until Shalhoub's entrance at the very end of act one, Danny DeVito has single-handedly turns 'The Price' into a Jewish laugh riot with his expert turn as Mr. Solomon, a comfy, psychologically astute furniture dealer right out of the Neil Simon playbook. Mr. Solomon gets the best price (for himself) by talking about everything - his wives, his retirement, his health - everything except what price he's willing to pay for the two Franz brothers' furniture, left to them by their long-departed father.
DeVito is offering a spectacularly funny performance in director (and Steppenwolf Theatre co-founder) Terry Kinney's resonant if not wholly satisfying Broadway revival of, to my mind, one of Miller's bleakest and most personal plays. Consider the trajectory of the most sympathetic character, a police officer named Victor Franz, as played in this Roundabout Theatre production by Mark Ruffalo, an actor who specializes in low-status characters with natural affinities for sadness and for whom snapping out of something is pretty much an impossibility.
1979 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
2017 | Broadway |
Roundabout Theatre Company Broadway Revival Broadway |
2019 | West End |
West End Revival West End |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2017 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Featured Actor in a Play | Danny DeVito |
2017 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Danny DeVito |
2017 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Danny DeVito |
2017 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | The Price |
2017 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Danny DeVito |
2017 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | The Price |
2017 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Danny DeVito |
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