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From Mel Gibson to Anthony LaPaglia: why Australian stages keep returning to Death of a Salesman

Set in New York and Boston, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman explores the final hours of 63-year-old Willy Loman as he grapples with an unfulfilled life pursuing “the wrong dreams”.

The Conversation

Death of a Salesman review – Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf hypnotize in revival

Arthur Miller’s 1949 autopsy of the American dream finds new urgency in a stripped-back production

The Guardian - US

‘She spread love and naughtiness’: Simon Callow on directing Pauline Collins in Shirley Valentine

Her natural performance in Willy Russell’s masterpiece seemed effortless but Collins found it hugely challenging – and still made every day a party

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Paul Mescal headlines National Theatre’s bold new season as Stormzy debuts for ground-breaking collaboration

The theatre unveils ambitious global vision with 16 new productions, including Mescal’s double debuts and a Stormzy-powered musical

Evening Standard

Anthony LaPaglia: ‘Acting is part therapy. You get to work out your demons sometimes’

The Los Angeles-based Australian actor talks fame, failure and his father’s last words

The Guardian - AU

Australia on stage: the best theatre, musicals, dance and opera of 2023

From ballet to Afrofuturism to a world-class immersive spectacle, Guardian Australia critics pick out the best live stage experiences of the year

The Guardian - AU

Death of a Salesman review – Anthony LaPaglia leads an electric, devastating tragedy

Directed by Neil Armfield, Arthur Miller’s classic refuses to date. Willy Loman is still us – and here in this failed promise of a future, we’re still here to watch him die

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Casa 0101’s Death Of A Salesman Breathes New Life Into Arthur Miller’s Classic

Vance Valencia's Outstanding Performance as Willy Loman Shines in Latino Cast Production

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Anthony LaPaglia ‘scared and excited’ to make Australian stage debut in Death of a Salesman

Golden Globe and Tony-winning actor will star as Willy Loman in a Melbourne production directed by Neil Armfield

The Guardian - AU

Michael Rudman obituary

Theatre director best known for his three major productions of Death of a Salesman, written by his hero Arthur Miller

The Guardian - UK

Wendell Pierce's Loman fights to the end

Salon sits down with the Broadway actor and "The Wire" star to discuss the American Dream and Black Americans

Salon

Review: How the Black experience renews 'Death of a Salesman' on Broadway

NEW YORK — It's been a long time coming, but change has finally arrived on Broadway, where for the first time Willy Loman and his family are played by Black actors.

Los Angeles Times

Review: ‘Death of a Salesman’ on Broadway, starring Wendell Pierce, thrills in the present but struggles with the echoes of the past

NEW YORK — Arthur Miller would, it’s reasonable to assume, have been delighted at the idea of a Broadway revival of “Death of a Salesman” with an all-Black Loman family, especially with Wendell Pierce (”The Wire”) swinging for the fences in the starring role and Sharon D. Clarke playing the…

Chicago Tribune

Wendell Pierce calls ‘Death of a Salesman’ role the ‘high watermark’ of his career

“Whether people are seeing it for the first time or seeing it for the 20th time, I’m really happy that new audiences are going to come to it to see our perspective,” Pierce says.

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Wendell Pierce calls his 'Death of a Salesman' a 'watermark'

Wendell Pierce hopes that heading a Black-led cast in a historic revival of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” goes beyond exposing the classic American play to a new audience

Chicago Sun-Times

The ladies in Willy Loman’s life take center stage in captivating ‘Wife of a Salesman’

It doesn’t matter if you don’t know Arthur Miller from Miller Hi-Life; “Wife of a Salesman” stands on its own.

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