New York City Broadway Theater Guide

A View from the Bridge

Broadway Drama

Previews  December 28 2009
Opening  January 24 2010
Limited Run  to April 4 2010

Run  30 previews & 81 performances

Tickets  $42.50 to $126.50 | Beginning Feb 1st $61.50 to $126.50

Standing Room Only  $26.50 day of performance tickets available when performance is sold out | Box office only | Subject to availability | Subject to change

Prices do not include any taxes, service charges or other charges

Order at  Telecharge 212-239-6200 | Outside NY Metro Area 800-432-7250

Advisory  Might not be appropriate for children under 17
Restrictions  Children 4 years old and younger not permitted

Performances

as of January 18th

No Performances  Jan 24th 3:00P

Added Performances  Jan 3rd 3:00P

Curtain Changes  Jan 19th 8:00P

Producers
Stuart Thompson, The Araca Group, Jeffrey Finn, Sonia Friedman, The Weinstein Company, Olympus Theatricals

Creative
Arthur Miller author
Gregory Mosher director

Jane Greenwood costume design
Peter Kaczorowski lighting design
John Lee Beatty scenic design
Scott Lehrer sound design

Note Santino Fontana, originally slated to play Rodolfo, was injured during previews in early January. Unable to return to the show in time for the opening, he withdrew and was replaced by understudy Morgan Spector

Synopsis

Rodolpho is "not right," Eddie Carbone tells his niece Catherine as he sees her falling in love with the young Italian immigrant

The scene is Red Hook, the Brooklyn docks, hard by the Gowanus Canal during the gritty 1950s. Eddie and his wife Beatrice have taken in her orphaned niece Catherine, who has a young girl's view of their neighborhood.

Eddie loves Catherine, but maybe more than would be proper as a surrogate father. His opposition to Catherine's romance with Rodolpho, and subsequent decision to marry him, leads Eddie to take drastic steps to break the attraction.

It leads to tragedy

Broadway Show History

A View from the Bridge had it's Broadway debut as a one-act along with A Memory of Two Mondays, the two works sharing casts and creative. They took to the boards at the Coronet Theater on September 29, 1955, and closed 149 performances later on February 4, 1956

Van Heflin played Larry Carbone opposite Gloria Marlowe as his niece Catherine. Also among the cast were Eileen Heckart as Beatrice and a 25-year-old Jack Warden as Marco

The dual shows were nominated for two 1956 Tony® Awards, Helene Pons for costumes and Boris Aronson for sets

The first Broadway revival opened at the Ambassador Theater on February 3, 1983, again running for 149 performances, with Tony Lo Bianco playing opposite Saundra Santiago. Robert Prosky, who went on to a very successful film and television career, becoming especially popular for his work on the 1980s Hill Street Blues, appeared as Alfieri

The production received a 1983 Tony® nod as best reproduction, as did Mr Lo Bianco for best actor

Revival number two opened December 14, 1997, helmed by Michael Mayer. Produced by the Roundabout Theatre Company, the production opened at Criterion Center before transferring to the Neil Simon Theater. Anthony LaPaglia played Eddie and Brittany Murphy, Catherine. Rounding out the cast were Allison Janney in the role of Beatrice and Stephen Spinella appearing as Alfieri

Nominated for four 1998 Tonys®, the production won for best revival of a play and Mr LaPaglia went home with the award for best actor

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