A View From The Bridge on Broadway: Show Is Now Closed
A View From The Bridge Summary
- Show Status: Closed
- Genre: Play - Revival
- A View From The Bridge is 2 Hours long, including an intermission of None
- 8 Shows per week
- Previews Began: October 21, 2015
- Show Opened : November 12, 2015
- Show Closed: February 21, 2016
A View from the Bridge deals with a longshoreman named Eddie’s profound love of his niece, Catherine. The story is tragic but ultimately an important and refreshing observation of human nature, told in a timeless story with brilliant dialogue and scene development.
What's A View From The Bridge Like?
This revival of A View from the Bridge is unlike any other that has yet been seen on Broadway. Though the last revival was only recently, in 2010, this production was reviewed in the Guardian as being similar to watching a runaway train hurdle in your direction without being able to stop it. Experimental in nature, the production is nevertheless of a classic American play dealing with an Italian American neighborhood of Brooklyn in the 1950s.
The play transfers to the Lyceum Theatre following a successful run in London’s Young Vic Theatre, followed by a successful transfer to the West End, where it won the Olivier Award (the Britis
Is A View From The Bridge Good for Kids?
The show is most appropriate for children over the age of 10. Children under the age of 4 are not permitted in the theatre.
A View From The Bridge on Broadway Background
A View from the Bridge is a 1955 play by the great American playwright Arthur Miller, whose other works include All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, and A Memory of Two Mondays. Prior to this production, the show has been produced on Broadway four times; this is the fifth. Scott Rudin, the mega producer behind such hits as Skylight, The Audience, Fish in the Dark, and A Delicate Balance, partners with Lincoln Center Theater to bring this play to Broadway. The director is Ivo van Hove, an acclaimed Belgian director who is making his Broadway debut with this production. The cast includes Mark Strong, Nicola Walker, Michael Gould, Emun Elliott, and Phoebe Fox, all of whom are making their Broadway debuts after performing the roles to great success in London. The scenic and lighting design are both by Jan Versweyveld, who is a longtime collaborator of the director Ivo van Hove. Costume design for this play is by An D’Huys.
Theatre Information
Lyceum Theatre
New York, NY 10019
Cast Members
- Catherine
- Phoebe Fox
- Eddie
- Mark Strong
- Marco
- Emun Elliott
- Alfieri
- Michael Gould
- Beatrice
- Nicola Walker
- Rodolpho
- Russell Tovey
- Louis
- Richard Hansell
Producers
Lincoln Center Theater
Scott Rudin
Production Credits
- Direction
- Ivo van Hove
- Scenic & Light Design
- Jan Versweyveld
- Costume Design
- An D'Huys
- Sound Design
- Tom Gibbons
- Book
- Arthur Miller
- Production Stage Manager
- Martha Donaldson
Creative Team
- General Manager
- Joey Parnes Productions LLC
- Company Manager
- Kate Elliott at Joey Parnes Productions LLC
- Production Manager
- Aurora Productions
- Advertising Representative
- SPOTCo
- Press Agent
- Philip Rinaldi Publicity