Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Robert Miller was born toward the middle of the 1947 run of Arthur Miller's "All My Sons," the playwright's first Broadway success. The synergy of events comes full circle this month, when the playwright's son returns to the Pittsburgh Playhouse, where he previously has directed his father's "A View From the Bridge" and "Death of a Salesman."
"All My Sons," the World War II-era play about a family facing the consequences of wartime deeds, landed as a universal wake-up call to social responsibility. Themes of family loyalty vs. profiteering and crime and punishment seem as fresh as today's headlines.
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It's always interesting how certain themes of plays continue to be relevant, regardless of when the play was first written. I wonder if having Arthur Miller's son directing his play gives a bit of a different insight because he knew the author, or if death of the author is in effect and so it doesn't matter what Miller originally thought in other performances.
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