Cobb, who originated the role, will remain the definitive Willy Loman. Of course there are those for whom Lee J. Some 36 years after its premiere, it still moves us profoundly, even to tears, with its story of an impossible little man to whom attention must be paid. There can be no lingering doubts about ''Death of a Salesman'' being an AmericanĬlassic. It has now, under the direction of Volker Schlondorff, been adapted for television and the result - with commercial breaksĪrranged intelligently -is as powerful and magnificent a performance of the play as is likely to be seen in this generation. This revival of the Arthur Miller play, starring Dustin Hoffman as Willy Loman, was deservedly acclaimed on Broadway last year. ''event.'' It is one of those rare and welcome occasions when commercial television is not exaggerating. Unday night's presentation of ''Death of a Salesman,'' from 8 to 11, is being described by CBS as an Jonathon Smoots, Brian Mani link APT's past to its vibrant presentīy Mike Fischer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 20, 2016.Īmerican Players Theatre gets inside 'Death of a Salesman'īy Michael Muckian, The Wisconsin Gazette, May 19, 2016.Hoffman in 'Death of a Salesman' By JOHN J. SPOILER ALERT: "Death of a Salesman" gets exquisite treatment under the stars at APTīy Dave Begel, On Milwaukee, June 20, 2016.ĪPT's Death of a Salesman Foreshadows Demise of the American Dreamīy Peggy Sue Dunigan, Broadway World, June 20, 2016.
Wineke, Channel 3000, July 5, 2016.Īmerican Players Theatre's American Tragedyīy Paul Kosidowski, Milwaukee Magazine, June 27, 2016.īy Gwendolyn Rice, Isthmus, June 23, 2016.Īn American dream, deferred indefinitely in APT's slowly corrosive 'Death of a Salesman'īy Lindsay Christians, The Capital Times, June 20, 2016.Īttention must be paid to Brian Mani in 'Death of a Salesman'īy Mike Fischer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 20, 2016. 'Death of a Salesman' might be this year's best playīy William R. SPOILER ALERT: Review - Death of a Salesmanīy Anne Siegel, Total Theater, July 7, 2016. But their own visions of that dream – and their perceptions of who Willy really is beyond his façade – don't necessarily match up with his reality.įeaturing Tracy Michelle Arnold, Johnny Lee Davenport, Sarah Day, Casey Hoekstra, Brian Mani, John Pribyl & Marcus Truschinskiīy John Olsen, Talkin' Broadway, July 20, 2016. Willy is on a quest for the American Dream, and wants more than anything for his family to achieve it alongside him. A poignant look at the life of everyman Willy Loman, complete with grand hopes and heartbreaking missteps. And this is our story.Īrthur Miller's Pulitzer-Prize winning American classic comes to APT for the first time. Because in the end, we are all salesmen of a sort. Don't miss your chance to witness it beneath our comforting shelter of stars. Love is the soul of both this family and this play, one of the greatest in American theater, presented with honesty by a cast devoted to finding all its secret places. But there is real beauty in their striving.
The foundation of his family built on a quicksand of high hopes and shattered dreams. New Voices: Creating the Classics of Tomorrow.
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