Cold War Themes Prevalent in A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE

Shades of the themes prevalent during the Soviet Union's Cold War are reflected upon by 'A View From The Bridge's director Gregory Mosher as he asesses the complex relationship that the play's author, Arthur Miller, and Elia Kazan (who directed the film version of 'Bridge') maintained for years.

Those familiar with the themes of the Cold War will recognize these tones in 'Bridge'. In the play, Liev Schreiber's character, Eddie Carbone, becomes jealous of a young immigrant with whom Johansson's character has fallen in love with. In a desperate attempt to break the two young lovers from one another, Carbone decides to inform against the immigrant.

Mosher did not aim to stage a political commentary, as he tells the Los Angeles Times, but he does think of "how many young people have grown up since the Soviet Union vanished." He hopes this audicence will be drawn in to see the show.

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Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, starring Tony® Award-winner Liev Schreiber and Golden Globe nominee Scarlett Johansson will begin previews Monday, December 28. Directed by directed by Gregory Mosher, the production will play on Broadway at the Cort Theatre.

A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE will begin previews on Monday, December 28, in preparation for a Sunday, January 24, 2010 opening. The production will play a strict 14 week engagement.

Schreiber and Johansson are joined by Jessica Hecht (Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs), as ‘Beatrice,' Michael Cristofer (The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures) as ‘Alfieri,' Santino Fontana (Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs) as ‘Rodolpho,' Corey Stoll (Intimate Apparel) as ‘Marco,' Alex Cendese (Broadway debut), Anthony DeSando (Take Me Out), Antoinette Lavecchia (How to Be a Good Italian Daughter (In Spite of Myself)), Mark Morettini (Pal Joey), Joe Ricci (I Love You, You're Perfect...), Morgan Spector (Broadway debut), Robert Turano ("Guiding Light") and Marco Verna (Broadway debut).

In A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, Miller's most passionate drama, Schreiber plays Eddie Carbone, a Brooklyn longshoreman obsessed with his 17-year-old niece Catherine, played by Scarlett Johansson. When Catherine falls in love with a newly arrived immigrant, Eddie's jealousy erupts in a rage that consumes him, his family, and his world.

A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE is produced by Stuart Thompson and The Araca Group. Additional producers include Jeffrey Finn, Broadway Across America, Olympus Theatricals, Marisa Sechrest, The Weinstein Company, Jon B. Platt, Sonia Friedman/Robert G. Bartner, Swinsky/Deitch, Adam Zotovich/Ruth Hendel/Orin Wolf, and The Shubert Organization.

The creative team for A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE includes John Lee Beatty (Scenic Design), Jane Greenwood (Costume Design), Peter Kaczorowski (Lighting Design), and Scott Lehrer (Sound Design).

Tickets are available through Telecharge.com, by phone at 212-239-6200, or 800-432-7250, online at www.Telecharge.com.

For more information visit www.AViewFromTheBridgeOnBroadway.com