They told Willy Loman he was everything; ’twas a great American lie
In a new Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman,' a 'King Lear' for our time
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Culture As ‘Death of a Salesman’ returns to Broadway, the question remains — how Jewish is Willy Loman?
Arthur Miller's doomed and delusional protagonist has been seen as both a crypto-Jew and an American everyman
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Culture Mike Nussbaum, the oldest working Jewish actor, tells all
The Chicago-based actor performed in David Mamet's 'American Buffalo' and 'Glengarry Glen Ross' and Arthur Miller's 'The Price'
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Theater Why Arthur Miller paid a price for greatness
In John Lahr’s new biography, the ‘Death of a Salesman’ writer’s inner life explains the plays we know
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Film & TV In ‘Blonde,’ Arthur Miller is Marilyn Monroe’s Jewish husband, and we all know what that means (don’t we?)
Andrew Domink’s adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates' novel casts Adrien Brody as a foil to DiMaggio
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The Schmooze Marilyn Monroe’s Annotated Jewish Prayer Book Expected To Fetch A Fortune At Auction
A bright white prayer book, published in 1922 and owned by American bombshell Marilyn Monroe, will be sold at auction on November 12. Jonathan Greenstein, of the auction house J. Greenstein & Company, says he’s sold Sammy Davis Jr.’s menorah and Alan Dershowitz’s judaica, “But nothing like this — Marilyn Monroe’s personal siddur.” Hubba hubba….
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The Schmooze ‘RBG,’ Rachel Kushner’s ‘The Mars Room’ And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
We’ve had one day of spring, and now it is summertime! Congratulations to all; may you have blissful weekends at the beach, in the park, or, if you are a certain Forward writer, doing battle with the Rodent of Unusual Size that has found its way into your apartment’s walls. If you are happily rodent-free,…
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Theater Did Arthur Miller’s Pulitzer Prize Help Him Win Over Marilyn Monroe?
On May 2, 1949, Arthur Miller, then 33, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for “Death of a Salesman.” It was one of several remarkable moments in what was, for Miller, a remarkable year. “Death of a Salesman” swept up most of the season’s available theatrical awards, including the Tony Award for Best Author,…
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