How stripped-down is Ivo van Hoves new Broadway revival ofA View From the Bridge?
Shoes seem superfluous for these salt-of-the-earth Red Hook, Brooklyn, characters.
(That includes the highly praised 2010 revival with Liev Schreiber and a Tony-winning Scarlett Johannson.)
Credit: Jan Versweyveld
Van Hove has even put 158 seats on stage his very own Greek chorus.
Its worth remembering that Miller first titled the pieceAn Italian Tragedy.
(On the plus side, the ever-present background noise does muffle mid-show cellphone ringing.)
And personally, I missed Rodolfos Italian accent.
And something that makes Eddie see him as not right.
As for Eddie, Strong is fiery-eyed and fiercely unsympathetic.
He goes for the jugular, but not our heartstrings.
