But let me tell you, when the clouds of obsession and betrayal finally break, the disturbance is a humdinger. That was an effect Miller himself was after in this 1955 play set in the world of Brooklyn longshoremen. Van Hove, who won a Tony Award in June for the Broadway incarnation of this utterly enthralling production, aids the playwright’s cause ingeniously by stripping the piece of its naturalistic trappings. “A View From the Bridge” lives in the shadow of Miller’s towering “Death of a Salesman” and conscience-pricking “The Crucible,” but, as van Hove reveals, it’s every bit as great. Directed by Ivo van Hove.

Source: Washington Post November 22, 2016 20:54 UTC