A View from the Bridge - Broadway

Reviews

• Review by Ben Brantley
  from The New York Times
  January 25, 2010

  ‘‘"Extraordinary...beautifully observed. [Liev] Schreiber registers changes in emotional temperature with organic physical precision. [Scarlett] Johansson melts into her character so thoroughly that her nimbus of celebrity disappears."’’

• Review by Michael Kuchwara
  from Associated Press
  January 25, 2010

  ‘‘"Although Eddie Carbone, [Arthur] Miller's doomed Brooklyn longshoreman, is inarticulate and confused about his feelings, there is an odd nobility to the man, particularly in Liev Schreiber's mesmerizing performance in a powerful revival of the play.... [Scarlett] Johansson, making her Broadway debut, is a revelation, giving a shaded, nuanced performance."’’

• Review by David Rooney
  from Variety
  January 25, 2010

  ‘‘"First-rate... [director Gregory] Mosher has instilled in his outstanding cast an unconditional trust in Arthur Miller's text, evoking a time, a place and a 1950s blue-collar community with penetrating integrity. Each scene flows seamlessly from the one before in a production that expertly plants the seeds of inexorable tragedy yet grips with a tension and volatility that make every moment seem unpredictable."’’

• Review by John Lahr
  from The New Yorker
  January 25, 2010

  ‘‘“The revival of Arthur Miller’s 1955 play A View from the Bridge is a singular astonishment: a kind of theatrical lightning bolt that sizzles and startles at the same time, illuminating the poetry in the play’s prose and the subtlety in its streamlined construction.”’’

• Review by Elisabeth Vincentelli
  from New York Post
  January 25, 2010

  ‘‘“At the end of the day, you just can’t beat a good, taut yarn. And that’s exactly what Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge is, barreling down toward an ending that’s as shocking as it is inescapable.”’’