The show that has had everyone clamoring for tickets this spring, Joe Mantello\u2019s cobweb-clearing production of Arthur Miller\u2019s \u201cDeath of a Salesman,\u201d won, as expected, for best revival.<\/p>\n
Mantello, who received a Tony for his direction (his third such award), swept away the cliches that have accumulated around this American classic to reveal a \u201cSalesman\u201d like none we\u2019ve experienced before. The Loman family home isn\u2019t depicted in a literal fashion but instead fluidly suggested in a warehouse space that allows the actors to move unfetteredly between past and present. (The physical production was honored with awards for Mikaal Sulaiman\u2019s sound design, Jack Knowles\u2019 lighting and Chloe Lamford\u2019s scenic design.)<\/p>\n
Laurie Metcalf, confirming her standing as the First Lady of the American Theater, won for her portrayal of Linda Loman, a more formidable than usual interpretation of Willy\u2019s stalwart wife. Metcalf, who endowed her characterization with a sharp-edged autonomy and transfixing gravitas, added another Tony to her two previous acting wins (\u201cThree Tall Women,\u201d<\/a> \u201cA Doll\u2019s House, Part II\u201d)<\/a>.<\/p>\n Joe Mantello wins the Tony for his direction of \u201cDeath of a Salesman.\u201d <\/p>\n (Evelyn Freja \/ For The Times)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n Nathan Lane was in a tight race with John Lithgow, who won for his ruthlessly uncompromising portrayal of a wrathful and dyspeptic Roald Dahl in Mark Rosenblatt\u2019s \u201cGiant.\u201d Lane\u2019s Willy leaves a lasting memory in \u201cSalesman,\u201d but it would be hard to imagine \u201cGiant\u201d having the same impact without Lithgow, who provides a terrifying human foundation to this explosive play about a writer\u2019s political commitments tipping over into toxic antisemitism. (The performance slips into a sinkhole of animus in the uncanny way of one of Dahl\u2019s recognizably terrifying, psychologically plausible stories.) In his almost but not quite valedictory acceptance speech, the 80-year-old Lithgow acknowledged that this Tony win, his third, comes 53 years after his first \u2014 and feels every bit as satisfying. <\/p>\n Aya Cash and John Lithgow in \u201cGiant.\u201d <\/p>\n (Joan Marcus)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n Rather than a slight to Lane, Lithgow\u2019s win is a sign of the dramatic depth that characterized this otherwise squirrely season. Indeed, Lithgow\u2019s performance was as thrilling to experience as that of British powerhouse Lesley Manville, who won for her portrayal of Jocasta in Robert Icke\u2019s modern reworking of \u201cOedipus.\u201d The play was categorized by the Tony committee as a revival, but it\u2019s really an original drama \u2014 one that gave rise to one of the most enthralling productions of the year. <\/p>\n In a season lifted up by Bess Wohl\u2019s magnificent \u201cLiberation\u201d and capacious enough to include a first-rate \u201cSalesman,\u201d a searing \u201cOedipus\u201d and a smartly contentious \u201cGiant,\u201d it should be no surprise that there were more great performances than statuettes to dole out.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.latimes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The show that has had everyone clamoring for tickets this spring, Joe Mantello\u2019s cobweb-clearing production of Arthur Miller\u2019s \u201cDeath of a Salesman,\u201d won, as expected, for best revival. 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