I also saw all 3, although I saw Heroes of the Fourth Turning during their last Zoom. I was really impressed with Death of a Salesman, which is one of the most acclaimed Broadway revivals of the past 20+ years. It lived up to the hype. Brian Dennehy and Elizabeth Franz were both fantastic. Their sons were cast as older than in other productions I have seen, although I think this casting of actors in their mid-30s is probably the appropriate way to go, since Willy Loman is in his 60s. I think the sons were in their mid-30s in the original production. Being in their mid-30s and still living at home with no career trajectory, especially in that era, is different than if they are in their late-20s and doing so.
The recent revival with Philip Seymour Hoffman had actors in their late 20s playing the sons, although Hoffman was only 45 at the time, so I guess they had to cast the sons a bit younger.
Pashacar, are you saying that Annie Baker's John is the best-written play of the past 5 years? I am a big Annie Baker fan, but I don't know if I would say that. I enjoyed John, but I thought The Flick and Circle Mirror Transformation reached heights that John did not (although they were written earlier than John, so I guess their greatness is not a contradiction to John being the most-recent great play). |
