Award-winning actors Annette Bening and Tracy Letts return to Broadway in the play that launched Arthur Miller as the moral voice of the American Theater. In the aftermath of WWII, the Keller family struggles to stay intact and to fight for their future when a long-hidden secret threatens to emerge - forcing them to reckon with greed, denial, repentance, and post-war disenchantment across generations.
Aplay about the rancid heart of the American dream, Arthur Miller's early tragedy, All My Sons, is rebirthed on Broadway, looking like it never left. Thrillingly acted - with performances that threaten, tantalizingly, to go over the top, but stop just short - Jack O'Brien's production for the Roundabout is a vigorous anatomy lesson, a show about how guilt and transgression can rot a family from the inside, spoiling everything they touch.
First Bening combusts, then Walker goes up like a Roman candle, and ultimately Letts collapses in an avalanche of dust. There are other strong elements in these final sequences, particularly Hampton Fluker's performance as the weirdly childlike George-who has been deeply wronged by the Kellers but who wants to forgive them anyway, because it would let him pretend to be innocent again. His dazzled eyes reflect the central trio, staggered by their charisma and blinded to any flaws. Does All My Sons have failings? Never you mind. All you'll be able to remember is a family of giants falling one after the other, like a stand of redwoods crashing down.
1947 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
1974 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
1987 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
1997 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
2008 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
2010 | West End |
London Revival West End |
2019 | West End |
London Revival at Old Vic Theatre West End |
2019 | Broadway |
Roundabout Theatre Company Broadway Revival Broadway |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2019 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Hampton Fluker |
2019 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Annette Bening |
2019 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Tracy Letts |
2019 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | All My Sons |
2019 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Jack O'Brien |
2019 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Feature Actor in a Play | Benjamin Walker |
2019 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Projection Design | Jeff Sugg |
2019 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | All My Sons |
2019 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Sound Design | John Gromada |
2019 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Benjamin Walker |
2019 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Annette Bening |
2019 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | All My Sons |
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