Phoenix Theatre (San Francisco, CA)
Off Broadway West Theatre Company presents Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge. This complex, emotionally affecting drama tells the story of a New York longshoreman, his relationship with his orphaned niece, and his wife's two cousins, who have immigrated illegally from Italy.
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Tense, intimate, and very engaging. Those are three words I would use to describe this production of "A View from the Bridge". Excellently cast and powerfully acted, this is a play about an Italian family trying to make it in America, who take in two illegals who have dropped into their lives desperate for a chance at getting work and making a life for themselves. How all this works out is the essence of a story that immediately pulls the viewer in and makes you care what happens. Highly recommended!
Great play. Really enjoyed it.
A few days ago a very pleasant surprise was waiting for me. On a Thursday evening with nothing better to do I went to see A View from the Bridge at the Off Broadway West Theatre. I was surprised indeed because the actors were very much up to the task of Arthur Miller’s demanding play. They were as good as any group I have seen recently in the Bay Area. Their performance well compensated for the Spartan scenes. After the show a lady from Salt Lake City told me that I should not have been surprised. She usually comes to see this theater company when she comes to San Francisco. Initially she also just stumbled on the Off Broadway West Theater. I had a rewarding evening far beyond my expectations.
Tibor Harsanyi
San Francisco
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An intimate black box theatre very close to Union Square.
Off Broadway West Theatre Company presents Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge. Arthur Miller is considered one of the great American dramatists and in this work, one of the finest examples of dramatic literature, his themes of shameful betrayal, informing on friends, and the dilemma of immigration are as resonant today as they were when the play premiered in 1955. It will be directed by Peter Tripp, former co-founder and Artistic Director of the One Act Theatre Company, one of the premier one-act companies nationwide.
The main character in the story is Eddie Carbone, an Italian American longshoreman, who lives with his wife Beatrice and orphaned niece Catherine. His feelings for Catherine, however, develop from protective and paternal into something more than filial as the play develops. These feelings are brought into perspective by the arrival from Italy of Beatrice’s two cousins, Marco and Rodolpho. They have entered the country illegally, hoping to leave behind hunger and unemployment for a better life in America, and to help build a better life for those left behind. Rodolpho is young, good-looking, blond, and single – he sings, dances and is charming; Catherine instantly falls for him.
Of all Miller’s plays, A View from the Bridge is his most successful in modeling the format of the Greek tragedy, American style. Mr. Tripp has added another innovation by having Eddie Carbone played by an African American actor. He believes that color-blind casting is an important theatrical concept to regularly explore. It refreshes the atmosphere of the play and urges other theatre directors to cast without regard to race or ethnicity.
Off Broadway West Theatre Company was established in 2006 to promote and encourage the continued development of theatre in San Francisco by providing leadership and opportunities for participation, education and sharing the enjoyment of diverse theatre experiences. OBW is committed to producing a minimum of one play per season that has been on Broadway and/or Off Broadway by which connecting the East and West.
