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BWW Review: Trinity Rep's DEATH OF A SALESMAN is Theatre At Its Best
(2017)
Abstract
DEATH OF A SALESMAN is a story so human and massive that it's almost impossible to summarize. Like all great drama, every word feels perfectly selected to heighten tension, despair and frustration, but it doesn't leave the audience demoralized or depressed, but rather full of questions and theories and appreciation for the fine craft of storytelling. Trinity Rep does a fantastic job with the source material, and somehow manages to make it seem current, even though it's clearly set in the 1940s. It's startling to be confronted with the fact that the problems of the 40s are still things we are grappling with today, even as we seem to be yearning for those "simpler" times. This is obviously something director Brian McEleney had in mind, as did Artistic Director Curt Columbus when he titled the fall season "The American Dream, Then and Now", and paired DEATH OF A SALESMAN with Skeleton Crew, a current story of another type of displaced worker. This play is a masterpiece for a reason, and seeing a masterpiece performed in the intimate Dowling Theatre is a pure pleasure.
Keywords
- DEATH OF A SALESMAN,
- Trinity Rep
Disciplines
Publication Date
October 11, 2017
Citation Information
Andria Tieman. "BWW Review: Trinity Rep's DEATH OF A SALESMAN is Theatre At Its Best" (2017) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/andria-tieman/146/