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Chris has decided to propose to his dead brotherвЂ™s вЂњgirl,вЂќ setting in motion the series of events that will expose all that Joe has buried for the benefit of himself and whatвЂ™s left of his family. She used to be romantically involved with Larry, ChrisвЂ™ older brother who disappeared in the war and is presumed dead by everyone but Kate, who refuses to accept the obvious truth. Ann (Francesca Carpanini), SteveвЂ™s daughter who grew up next door until the business scandal upended her familyвЂ™s life, has been invited back by Chris. His partner and former neighbor, Steve Deever (an unseen character), sits in jail while Joe, exonerated for insufficient evidence, has effectively sidestepped his guilt, preserving his wealth and reputation with minimal public shame. A manufacturer who made a killing during the war, he shipped defective engine parts to the Air Force that resulted in the death of 21 men. The plot - and boy, is there a lot of plot crammed into this long dayвЂ™s journey into the middle of the night - moves inexorably toward a reckoning of JoeвЂ™s shady past. But the core of the play, the situation of a disillusioned sonвЂ™s inevitable confrontation with his hypocritical father that Miller would potently redeploy in вЂњDeath of a Salesman,вЂќ is explosively renewed. The production - directed by Jack OвЂ™Brien and starring Annette Bening as JoeвЂ™s wife, Kate - seems caught between a solid midcentury Broadway realism and a more theatrically fluid 21st century approach.

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In the culminating clashes between Tracy Letts, who plays Joe Keller, a businessman with a bad conscience, and Benjamin Walker, who takes on the role of Chris, JoeвЂ™s idealistic war veteran son, the full strength of MillerвЂ™s playwriting is once again released. But the craftsmanship is at the service of a questioning moral vision of America that is as urgent today as it was in the early postwar years. The labor can be cumbersome and rackety, as the Roundabout Theatre Company revival at the American Airlines Theatre reminds us. Plank by plank, the dramatic edifice is assembled before our eyes. вЂњAll My Sons,вЂќ the 1947 Broadway play that established Miller as a major American dramatist, loads a tremendous amount of lumber onto the stage. The Minutes chronicles the inner workings of a city council meeting and the hypocrisy, greed and ambition that bubble to the surface when a newcomer to the small town of Big Cherry starts to ask the wrong questions: Why is someone on the council mysteriously missing? Why are the minutes from the last meeting being kept secret?ДЄ Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2018, SteppenwolfвЂ™s The Minutes received critical praise for its 2017 Chicago engagement, with the Chicago Tribune describing it as вЂњpart Parks & Recreation, part Twilight Zone.The carpentry of an Arthur Miller play, all that sawing, hammering and sanding of wood, can sometimes distract from the impressiveness of the house that has been theatrically constructed. Producers note that, as of now, the creative team remains intact, and that theyвЂ™re hopeful they will be able to also maintain the existing cast when the play opens in 2020.ДЄdditional details will be announced in the coming months. вЂњThe Shubert Organization had graciously allowed us to extend past our initial announced limited engagement (July 19, 2020) to the fall,вЂќ noted the producing team led by Jeffrey Richards, вЂњand we intend to reopen the production, pending cast and theatre availability, on Broadway on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, exactly two years after our original opening date of Sunday, March 15, 2020.вЂќ

The production now is set to begin loading out its sets from the Cort today to make way for a previously planned renovation of the venue and construction at an adjacent property. Had the shutdown not occurred, The Minutes was set to play at the Cort through July 19, 2020.

Warhol-Basquiat Play 'The Collaboration' Sets Winter Broadway Opening Paul Bettany & Jeremy Pope To StarДЄs with most other suspended productions early in the pandemic months, The Minutes had initially hoped to reopen at its original home venue.

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