The Pulitzer Prize-winning Death of a Salesman made household names of both playwright Arthur Miller and the character Willy Loman. Willy Loman is the American everyman: the dreamer chasing unsuccessfully after greatness until he becomes consumed by the dream. He’s a tragedy on a small scale, made great by his embodiment of all our fears and failures.More

His flaw comes down to a lack of self-knowledge and his downfall threatens not the city but only a single household. Last produced at the Playhouse in 1983, its most recent revivals on Broadway in 1999 and London’s West End in 2005 demonstrate its lasting power.Back