{"id":318153,"date":"2026-08-10T22:42:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T22:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/318153\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T22:42:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T22:42:39","slug":"broadway-says-goodbye-to-every-brilliant-thing-death-of-a-salesman-august-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/318153\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadway Says Goodbye to Every Brilliant Thing, Death of a Salesman August 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

Broadway’s\u00a0Every Brilliant Thing<\/a> and\u00a0Death of a Salesman<\/a> both play the final performance of their extended, high-grossing runs August 9.<\/p>\n

Duncan Macmillan<\/a> and Jonny Donahoe<\/a>‘s\u00a0solo play\u00a0Every Brilliant Thing is currently led at the Hudson Theatre by\u00a0Black-ish and\u00a0Girlfriends favorite Tracee Ellis Ross<\/a>, the third star of one of the season’s highest grossing plays. The production opened with Daniel Radcliffe<\/a>, who earned a 2026 Tony nomination for his performance, and he was succeeded by\u00a0Law &\u00a0Order:\u00a0SVU star Mariska Hargitay<\/a>, who made her Broadway debut with the production.<\/p>\n

The play follows\u00a0Ross’ nameless protagonist as she\u00a0faces a distant father, a suicidal mother, and her own inexplicable deep sadness. And in a spark of childhood genius, she counteracts these obstacles by chronicling every brilliant thing in the world\u2014first to cheer up her depressed mother, and later for friends, lovers, and herself. And the uniquely constructed play offers audience members a chance to join Ross in the action, with various strangers called on each night to read some of her favorite brilliant things and stand in for characters in her story.<\/p>\n

A national tour is scheduled<\/a> to embark next year, with casting and dates to be announced.\u00a0Jeremy Herrin<\/a> and Macmillan directed the Broadway bow, which came to the Main Stem after a run in London’s West End last summer.\u00a0Second Half Productions<\/a>, Seaview, and Gavin Kalin Productions<\/a> are producing. Performances began February 21 ahead of a March 12 opening. As of today’s final performance, the production will have played 169 performances and 22 previews. Visit EveryBrilliantThing.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The latest revival of Arthur Miller<\/a>‘s seminal\u00a0Death of a Salesman, playing Broadway’s Winter Garden, stars Tony winners Nathan Lane<\/a> and Laurie Metcalf<\/a> as Willy and Linda Loman, respectively, opposite Christopher Abbott<\/a> as Biff Loman, Ben Ahlers<\/a> as Happy Loman, K. Todd Freeman<\/a> as Charley, Jonathan Cake<\/a> as Uncle Ben, John Drea<\/a> as Howard Wagner, Michael Benjamin Washington<\/a> as Bernard, Tasha Lawrence<\/a> as The Woman, Jake Silbermann<\/a> as Stanley, Joaquin Consuelos<\/a> as Young Biff, Jake Termine<\/a> as Young Happy, Karl Green<\/a> as Young Bernard, Katherine Romans<\/a> as Miss Forsythe, and Mary Neely<\/a> as Letta. Understudies Jack Falahee, Aidan Cazeau<\/a>, Charlie Niccolini<\/a>, Alexis Bronkovic<\/a>, Erik Kilpatrick<\/a>, and Brendan Donaldson<\/a> round out the company. Casting is by Taylor Williams<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Joe Mantello<\/a> directed the revival, winning his third career Tony Award for his work. That win, along with Best Revival and Featured Actress in a Play for\u00a0Metcalf, made the production the most Tony-winning of any show in the 2025-2026 season, ending the evening with six total wins. The revival has also been a regular top grosser for nearly its entire run, setting house records at the Winter Garden and consistently playing to standing-room-only crowds for months.<\/p>\n

Scott Rudin<\/a> and Barry Diller<\/a> are producing, the duo’s sophomore outing after Rudin’s controversial return to the industry following allegations of abusive treatment to subordinates. Roy Furman<\/a> is also producing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The work, which explores the dark realities of the so-called “American Dream” for the middle class of the mid-century, premiered on Broadway in 1949, winning the Pulitzer and Tony and becoming a near instant stage classic. The play has since been revived on Broadway five other\u00a0times with various stars taking on the ill-fated Willy Loman, including George C. Scott<\/a>, Dustin Hoffman<\/a>, Brian Dennehy<\/a>, Philip Seymour Hoffman<\/a>, and Wendell Pierce<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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