Philip Seymour Hoffman Confirmed to Star in Death of a Salesman on Broadway

As previously reported, Oscar winner and stage vet Philip Seymour Hoffman and director Mike Nichols will reunite for a Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. The New York Times confirms that the show, in which Hoffman will play the iconic role of Willy Loman alongside Broadway vet Linda Emond as Willy’s long-suffering wife, Linda, will hit Broadway in the fall of 2011.

Death of a Salesman was most recently produced on Broadway in 1999 in a production that won Tony Awards for Best Revival, Best Actor (Brian Dennehy as Willy), Best Featured Actress (Elizabeth Franz as Linda) and Best Director (Robert Falls). “Willy is different ages over the course of the play—young, middle-aged, old—but what matters is finding the right man to play the part,” Nichols told the Times about the central character. (Dennehy was 60 when he played the role; Hoffman is 43. Miller’s script says that the character is 62.)

An Oscar winner for playing the title role in Capote, Hoffman received Tony nominations for his performances in True West and Long Day’s Journey into Night. He and Nichols previously worked together on the starry 2001 Central Park production of The Seagull, in which Hoffman played Konstantin.

No theater, dates or further casting has been announced.