Broadway Scenes Remembered: Arthur Miller’s Life and Art
…ch reflected the play’s utilization of Expressionism, which the playwright comingled with Realism. More than a dozen Broadway producers rejected Death of a Salesman. The general feeling was no one would want to see a play about a man named Willy Loman, who was, in essence, a failure. But producer Kermit Bloomgarden, who had produced a string of hits on The Great White Way, saw merit in Miller’s new work. With Herman Shumlin, Bloomgarden had produc…