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What the popular press said...

"Beautifully observed production."
Ben Brantley for New York Times

"Exceptionally well-acted, well-staged revival."
Joe Dziemianowicz for New York Daily News

"Wickedly entertaining."
Elisabeth Vincentelli for New York Post

"Schreiber and Johansson labor laudably in a lost cause."
John Simon for Bloomberg

"This season's most inspired piece of movie-star casting."
Elysa Gardner for USA Today

"Dramatic fireworks blaze."
David Sheward for Back Stage

"It holds your attention, though not with the tightest grasp."
Robert Feldberg for The Record

"Purely first rate theatre."
Roma Torre for NY1

"A powerful revival."
Michael Kuchwara for Associated Press

"The acumen on display raises the Cort's thermostat from what might have been coolly sobering to positively scorching."
Peter Marks for Washington Post

"Beautifully acted production does it reasonable justice."
Frank Scheck for The Hollywood Reporter

"There's not a false note in any of the performances or an ill-considered directorial stroke in Mosher's clear-eyed approach to this first-rate revival."
David Rooney for Variety


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Production Details
Venue: Cort Theatre
Genre: Drama
Previewed from 28 Dec 2009
Opened 24 Jan 2010
Writer: Arthur Miller
Director: Gregory Mosher
Synopsis: Dockworker Eddie Carbone has made a good life for himself and his wife and niece in 1950's Brooklyn. As a former immigrant himself, Eddie is happy to house and protect his wife's Italian cousins who arrive illegally in pursuit of the 'American Dream'. What Eddie doesn't know is that this act of kindness will have a shattering effect on his whole life, and the lives of those he loves.
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