In this case, the cost of a Broadway ticket seems to be a small price to pay for such a transformative experience.
A new revival of "Death of a Salesman" is making history in its new version to now feature African Americans in the lead roles. Sandy Kenyon has the story.More than 70 years have passed since the premiere of "Death of a Salesman" on Broadway, but a new revival is making history in its own way because this new version is the first to feature African Americans in the lead roles.
Both characters are equally powerful and equally compelling, which gives this production a balance rarely achieved in a play with one man at its heart. Willie refuses to be cowed, telling the young man, "You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away. A man is not a piece of fruit."Rather than single notes of sadness, his version has a symphony of regrets and might-have-beens.
"He's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him," she tells her two sons about their father. "So attention must be paid. He's not to be allowed to fall into his grave like an old dog."
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