Growing up in Philadelphia, I had from childhood heard the story about the pre-Broadway opening of “Death of a Salesman” in 1949. A hushed silence filled the Locust Street Theatre as the curtain fell.

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by Senior Writer Benyamin Cohen. On May 2, 1949 ...

In a tragifarce that resonates as much today as it did when it was written fifty years ago, three friends weigh up a life unlived versus risk taking. Yohanan, Bella and Shmuel have average-sized ...

Art imitates life, and that is certainly true in the case of the playwright Arthur Miller (1915–2005), whose personal and professional life defined and added verisimilitude to his vast body of work.

In the first biography of illustrious American playwright Arthur Miller since his death at age 89, University of Michigan theater professor Brater offers a concise study that, undivided by chapters ...

When he was a young, unknown playwright, Arthur Miller bristled over an early setback. In 1938, the Group Theatre was interested in his comedy “The Grass Still Grows,” about a coat factory owner and ...

Miller is probably as good a vessel for this message as anybody. His plays have continued to endure years after his death in 2005. But HBO’s documentary comes at an interesting moment to consider his ...