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Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Do We Really Need ANOTHER Revival Of "Death Of A Salesman??????????????????"


                                    I hate to be the one to tell you this, girls, but come Spring 2026, Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf will be starring, at the Winter Garden, no less, in Arthur Miller's "Death Of A Salesman."



                                      Really?  I would rather see them in Neil Simon's "The Prisoner Of Second Avenue."



                                      I mean, Nathan Lane, with that mug of a face as defeated Willy Loman?  And  Laurie Metcalf, usually a portrayer of strong women, playing one of theater's greatest martyrs, Linda  Loman?????????????  I just can't see it fly.



                                       Add to this, I might have to see it.  Never having seen this play on stage, this may be, at 71, my last chance to see this on the stage.  But I would have hoped for a better cast.



                                         And at the premiere musical house, The Winter Garden.  Miller's play will get swallowed up by the stage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



                                          Whose dumb idea was this, anyway??????????????



                                          And when it fails, do not come crying to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

2 comments:

Victoria said...

Yeah, you have to go.
And at your favorite theater, no less!!

The Raving Queen said...

Victoria, You are right. First time in the Winter Garden where I am not seeing a musical! Am curious how Lane handles this role!