Everything they're saying about this revival of "Death of a Salesman" is true. I can't imagine this play being more honest, urgent and gut wrenching than this 2026 Broadway revival. I'm assuming that most people reading this are familiar with Miller's masterpiece. The play originally premiered on Broadway in 1949 and tells the story of the Loman family. Willy Loman, the patriarch, is a traveling salesman. Once (relatively) successful, well liked and well known, with a loving wife (Linda) and two sons, Biff (the older, star athlete "golden boy"), and Happy (the charming younger brother.) When the story begins, Willy is pretty much on his last leg. He's suffering from some unnamed medical conditions that are making it unsafe for him to be driving as much as he needs to. He's older, and desperately needs to retire (which he can't), or be transferred to a local or desk job at the company he's faithfully served for decades. He and Linda ar...