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Arthur Miller’s play A View From the Bridge recently opened at the Cort Theatre on West 48th Street in New York. The production stars Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson and was directed by Gregory Mosher. Morgan Spector, Jessica Hecht Michael Cristofer and Corey Stoll round out that cast. It began previews in November of last year and had its opening on January 24th. Miller wrote the two act version of the play in 1956, which he developed from the previous year’s production of a one act version. The intensity and sometimes-controversial nature of the play’s story will captivate audiences that come from their exclusive rooms in their New York accommodations.

Schreiber is no stranger to Broadway and won a Tony Award in 2005 for his work in Glengarry Glen Ross. He has also worked in film and made a solid career in independent movies. He made his debut as a film director and writer with movie Everything is Illuminated. Johansson is well known for her film roles and made her movie debut in 1994 in North. Since then she has worked regularly and starred in films such as The Horse Whisperer, Lost in Translation and Match Point among many others.

Arthur Miller is one of the most respected and well known American playwrights ever to have existed. He led an incredibly interesting life and was both brought to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee and to the wedding alter with Marilyn Monroe. His most famous works include Death of Salesman, which one a Pulitzer Prize for Drama and a Tony Award. Other famous works include After the Fall, The Crucible and All My Sons. He had an extremely prolific career and was honored many times during it. It is frequently stated that The Crucible was written as a parable for the Communist witch hunts that were occurring during the 1950s.

I’m having trouble asking for directions.  I wish I could say this was an ego thing, where I’m one of those guys who like to know where they are going all the time, and likes to be the one who drives, because they know the directions.  I’d like to be that guy who refuses to pull into a gas station, because he’s sure he remembers the way.  But I’m really not, and the truth is, I have a really bad memory.  It’s not like I forget little things, or big things, or long term or short term things, I forget everything, and right away, too.  I will sometimes stop thirteen times in the space of a block to ask someone else where I need to go.

I do understand that this looks and sounds a whole lot like a head injury, or some chemical coursing through my blood.  Those things could have happened to me recently, I don’t know.  But I am on my way to meet someone charming at a local restaurant.  Chinese food is good here, so that’s what we’re eating.  But beyond that, I am just a complete basket case.  I have been telling everyone I meet today what is happening with me.  I met her, she met me, we clicked, something clicked, we had a day by the river, and went back to our hotels to change and get ready for the evening.