A View From the Bridge Revival 1997 - Articles Page 1.8

Opened: December 14, 1997
Closing: August 30, 1998

A View From the Bridge - 1997 - Broadway History , Info & More

Neil Simon Theatre (Broadway)
250 W. 52nd St. New York, NY 10019

Written by American playwright Arthur Miller, the show was first staged on September 29, 1955 as a one-act verse drama with A Memory of Two Mondays at the Coronet Theatre on Broadway. The play is set in 1950s America, in an Italian American neighborhood near the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. It employs both a chorus and a narrator (Alfieri). Eddie, the tragic protagonist, has an improper love of, and almost obsession with, Catherine. The 2010 revival starred Liev Schreiber, Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Hecht.

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Other Productions of A View From the Bridge

1955   Broadway Original Broadway Production
Broadway
1965   Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway
1983   Broadway Broadway Revival Production
Broadway
1997   Broadway Roundabout Revival
Broadway
2010   Broadway Broadway Revival
Broadway
West End West End
West End
2015   Broadway Broadway Revival Production
Broadway
2019   Immersive Brave New World Repertory Theatre's Immersive Production
Immersive

A View From the Bridge - 1997 Broadway Awards and Nominations

Note: Award winners will appear on a background
Year Ceremony Category Nominee
1999 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Director - Play Michael Mayer
1999 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Featured Actress - Play Allison Janney
1999 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Revival-Musical Arthur Miller
1999 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Sound Design Mark Bennett
1998 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Featured Actress - Play Patricia Clarkson
1998 Outer Critics Circle Awards Best Director - Play Michael Mayer
1998 Outer Critics Circle Awards Best Featured Actress - Play Allison Janney
1998 Tony Awards Best Direction of a Play Michael Mayer
1998 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play Anthony LaPaglia
1998 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play Allison Janney
1998 Tony Awards Best Revival of a Play Roy Gabay
1998 Tony Awards Best Revival of a Play Old Ivy Productions
1998 Tony Awards Best Revival of a Play Elizabeth Ireland McCann
1998 Tony Awards Best Revival of a Play James M. Nederlander
1998 Tony Awards Best Revival of a Play Roger Berlind
1998 Tony Awards Best Revival of a Play Roundabout Theatre Company
1997 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Actor - Play Anthony LaPaglia
1997 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Director - Play Michael Mayer
1997 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Featured Actress - Play Allison Janne
1997 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Lighting Design Kenneth Posner
1997 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Revival-Play Arthur Miller
1997 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Sound Design Mark Bennett
1987 Olivier Awards Director of the Year Alan Ayckbourn

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