Arthur Miller’s Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece Death of a Salesman, in a new production directed by eight-time Tony Award® winner Mike Nichols and starring Academy Award® winner Philip Seymour Hoffman as Willy Loman, Obie Award winner Linda Emond as Linda Loman and Andrew Garfield (The Social Network, The Amazing Spider-Man), making his Broadway debut as Biff Loman.
Hoffman faces a big problem in that he’s 44 to Willy’s 60. It’s hard to buy him not only as a man nearing retirement age, but as the father of two grown sons. [...] Despite its central miscasting, the production is quite watchable. A big reason is the power of the play itself.
Emotional distance sprang, for me at least, from a feeling of disconnection between the leading actors (all, I would argue, miscast) and their characters. ... Mr. Hoffman, Ms. Emond and Mr. Garfield all bring exacting intelligence and intensity to their performances. They make thought visible, but it’s the thought of actors making choices rather than of characters living in the moment. Their reading of certain lines makes you hear classic dialogue anew but with intellectual annotations. It’s as if they were docents showing us through Loman House, now listed on the Literary Register of Historic Places. ... Two performances stand out, luminous and palpable, for their authenticity. As Happy, the younger son forever in pursuit of Dad’s affection, Finn Wittrock provides a funny, poignant and ripely detailed study in virile vanity as a defense system. Bill Camp, as Charley, Willy’s wisecracking next-door neighbor, wears on his face an entire lifetime of philosophical compromises, small victories and protective cynicism. And he speaks so deeply from character that he makes even a line like 'Nobody dast blame this man' sound as natural as 'hello.
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Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2012 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Death of a Salesman |
2012 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Philip Seymour Hoffman |
2012 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Mike Nichols |
2012 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Bill Camp |
2012 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design | Brian MacDevitt |
2012 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | 0 |
2012 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Andrew Garfield |
2012 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Philip Seymour Hoffman |
2012 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Revival of a Play | 0 |
2012 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Philip Seymour Hoffman |
2012 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Mike Nichols |
2012 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Andrew Garfield |
2012 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Brian MacDevitt |
2012 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | 0 |
2012 | The Hewes Awards | Hewes Design Award | Brian MacDevitt |
2012 | Theatre World Awards | Outstanding Debut Performance | Finn Wittrock |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Mike Nichols |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Play | Brian MacDevitt |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Andrew Garfield |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Philip Seymour Hoffman |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Linda Emond |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Death of a Salesman |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Eli Bush |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Brian Zeilinger |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Scott Zeilinger |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Carl Moellenberg |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Ruth Hendel |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Sonia Friedman Productions |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Scott M. Delman |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Roger Berlind |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Merritt Forrest Baer |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Jean Doumanian |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Columbia Pictures |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Jon B. Platt |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Stuart Thompson |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Scott Rudin |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Sound Design of a Play | Scott Lehrer |
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