A New Revival of Death of a Salesman Opens on Broadway
A new Broadway production of Arthur Miller’s 1949 play Death of a Salesman has opened at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York. Directed by Joe Mantello, the revival stars Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf as Willy and Linda Loman. This marks the seventh time the play has been revived on Broadway.
Production Details
The production is directed by Joe Mantello, with set design by Chloe Lamford. The design features a minimalist, garage-like setting with benches, a table, and a car, rendered in grayscale tones. Flashback scenes are indicated by sepia lighting.
The play has a runtime of approximately three hours. The producer is Scott Rudin.
Cast
The principal cast members are:
- Willy Loman: Nathan Lane
- Linda Loman: Laurie Metcalf
- Biff Loman: Christopher Abbott
- Happy Loman: Ben Ahlers
- Charley: K Todd Freeman
Supporting roles include John Drea as Howard, Tasha Lawrence as The Woman, Joaquin Consuelos as Young Biff, and Michael Benjamin Washington and Karl Green portraying the character Bernard at different ages.
Background and Context
Death of a Salesman premiered in 1949. The role of Willy Loman has been performed in past productions by actors including Dustin Hoffman and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
This is the seventh Broadway revival of the play. The previous revival, which opened in 2019, featured Wendell Pierce and Sharon D Clarke as Willy and Linda Loman, reimagining the characters as part of a Black family. The current production features a white Loman family, with Black actor K Todd Freeman in the role of their neighbor, Charley.
Development
According to multiple sources, a production of this play directed by Joe Mantello has been in development for over three decades.
Nathan Lane has stated that playing Willy Loman has been a career-long aspiration.