Director Gregory Mosher Steps Back Into Spotlight With 'A View From the Bridge'

By: Dec. 26, 2009
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While notable itself, Scarlett Johansson's Broadway debut in Arthur Miller's 'A View From the Bridge', set to open in previews on Monday December 28, also marks the momentous return to the stage of director Gregory Mosher. Mosher last directed a Broadway play 17 years ago; the production of 'A Streetcar Named Desire' starring Alec Baldwin and Jessica Lange.

Amongst countless other accomplishments, Mosher was director of the Goodman Theatre in Chicago and he acted as artistic director of the Lincoln Center Theatre for six years, during which he staged such award-winning productions as, 'The House of Blue Leaves,' 'Anything Goes,' and a revival of 'Our Town'.

Yet after years of critical acclaim and accomplishments, Mosher decided to step back, he tells the Los Angeles Times.

"Yes, yes. I stopped. I stopped. I stopped!" Mosher says. "I ran a very successful theater, probably the most high-profile theater in America, and I stopped! And now you want to know why I stopped. That's your next question, isn't it?"

To read the rest of the interview, please click here.

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

 


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