ARTHUR MILLER’S “DEATH OF A SALESMAN” EXTENDED ON BROADWAY. BOX OFFICE OPENS.
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FOR RELEASE ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2026
ARTHUR MILLER’S
“DEATH OF A SALESMAN”
IS EXTENDED AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT WEEKS
CASTING COMPLETE.
PERFORMANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AUGUST 9
PREVIEWS BEGIN ON FRIDAY, MARCH 6
AT THE WINTER GARDEN THEATRE
BOX OFFICE OPEN.
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New York, NY (February 18, 2026) – Today, producers Scott Rudin, Barry Diller and Roy Furman announced that Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman will be extended for an additional eight weeks of performances. The limited engagement will now play through Sunday, August 9, and the box office opens today at 10 a.m. Preview performances begin on Friday, March 6, with opening night set for Thursday, April 9.
The producers also announced that Katherine Romans (Miss Forsythe) Mary Neely (Letta), Aidan Cazeau, Charlie Niccolini, Alexis Bronkovic, Erik Kilpatrick, and Brendan Donaldson complete casting for the Joe Mantello production. They will join three-time Tony Award® winner Nathan Lane, two-time Tony Award winner Laurie Metcalf, Christopher Abbott, Ben Ahlers, Jonathan Cake, K. Todd Freeman, John Drea, Tasha Lawrence, Jake Silbermann, Michael Benjmain Washington, Joaquin Consuelos, Jake Termine, Karl Green, and Jack Falahee.
In a statement, Kate Miller, Trustee of the Arthur Miller Literary and Dramatic Property Trust commented, “This production promises to channel Salesman‘s dynamic power in a completely new way. Part of what’s so exciting about Joe Mantello’s approach is that he has been immersing himself in our extensive archives and interacting with Arthur’s earliest drafts of Salesman – sounding out a deeper understanding of the play’s inner workings. It’s been wonderful to work with someone who is successfully finding new ways into a play that’s been thoroughly studied, taught, and performed by the greatest artists in the world for nearly eighty years. Mantello’s approach will bring Salesman’s impactful and ever relevant commentary on the American dream to modern audiences, and we’re so eager to see it come to life.”
Joe Mantello added, “It’s been incredibly rewarding to work closely with the Arthur Miller Estate who’ve so generously opened the archive and encouraged real exploration. Looking through Miller’s early drafts revealed insights into the play’s first impulses — including some surprising theatrical ideas that feel both deeply familiar and unexpectedly modern.”
Nathan Lane, in a statement, said, “In 1995 while rehearsing a Terrence McNally play with Joe, he turned to me one afternoon out of the blue and quietly said, ‘Someday you and I are going to do Death of a Salesman.’ And true to his word, 30 years later, that day has come. I couldn’t be more thrilled and honored to follow in the footsteps of so many great actors in tackling the role of Willy Loman, especially with the brilliant Laurie Metcalf by my side and the remarkable cast Joe is assembling. It’s a privilege to do what is arguably the greatest drama of the twentieth century, and like all great plays it always seems to speak to us anew each time we see it.”
Laurie Metcalf enthused, “Collaboration is everything in the theater. I am lucky to be going from one exciting project to another with Joe Mantello – and in the very same season. Joe and Nathan are longtime collaborators, and my shared history with — and deep respect for — them makes what might otherwise feel daunting feel familiar and absolutely thrilling.”
Death of a Salesman’s creative team includes direction by two-time Tony Award-winner Mantello, movement direction by Sasha Milavic Davies, original composition by Caroline Shaw, scenic design by Chloe Lamford, costume design by Rudy Mance, lighting design by Jack Knowles, and sound design by Mikaal Sulaiman, and hair and wig design by Robert Pickens.
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BIOGRAPHIES
Nathan Lane (Willy Loman) made his Broadway debut in the 1982 revival of Noël Coward’s Present Laughter as Roland Maule (Drama Desk nomination), directed by and starring George C. Scott. Followed by Merlin, The Wind in the Willows, Some Americans Abroad, On Borrowed Time, Guys and Dolls (Tony nomination, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards), Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Love! Valour! Compassion! (Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards), The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Producers (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards and the Olivier Award in London), The Play What I Wrote, The Frogs, The Odd Couple, Butley, November, Waiting For Godot (Outer Critics Circle nomination), The Addams Family (Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations and the Drama League Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater Award), The Nance (Tony and Drama Desk nominations, Outer Critics Circle and the Drama League Distinguished Performance Awards), It’s Only A Play, The Front Page (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations), Angels in America (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards), Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, Pictures From Home, and the Goodman Theater production at BAM of The Iceman Cometh. He has been seen Off-Broadway in many plays and in 1992 received the Obie for Sustained Excellence of Performance, including Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Common Pursuit, The Lisbon Traviata (Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel Awards), Lips Together, Teeth Apart, Love! Valour! Compassion! (Obie Award), Measure for Measure directed by Joe Papp (St. Clair Bayfield Award), The Film Society, Mizlansky/Zilinsky or Schmucks, She Stoops to Conquer, Trumbo, and Do Re Mi at Encores. He has also received the John Willis Lifetime Achievement Award from the Theater World Awards, the Hal Prince Lifetime Achievement Award from the Drama Desk Awards, the Sondheim Award from the Signature Theater, and the Eugene O’Neill Monte Cristo Award.
On television he has been seen in numerous guest roles including “Frasier,” “Mad About You,” “Sex and the City,” “30 Rock,” “Absolutely Fabulous,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Difficult People,” and “The Blacklist” as well as recurring roles on “The Good Wife” and “Modern Family.” He received critical acclaim as F. Lee Bailey in “The People vs. OJ,” Det. Lewis Michener in “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels,” and as Dominick Dunne in “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.” He was most recently seen as Bunny Schneiderman in “Mid-Century Modern,” Ward McAllister in “The Gilded Age” and as Teddy Dimas in “Only Murders in the Building” for which he received his first Primetime Emmy Award after a record breaking eight nominations in the guest actor category. He has also received two Daytime Emmy Awards and the People’s Choice Award.
He has appeared in 40 films, including Ironweed, Frankie and Johnny, The Lion King, The Birdcage, Mouse Hunt, Stuart Little, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Nicholas Nickleby, The Producers and Beau Is Afraid. He has received two Golden Globe nominations, an American Comedy Award, a SAG Award, and a Critics Choice Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2006 he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and in 2008 he was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.
Laurie Metcalf (Linda) is currently starring in Samuel D. Hunter’s Little Bear Ridge Road on Broadway. Metcalf received Tony Awards for her performances in Three Tall Women and A Doll’s House, Part 2. Tony nominations include November, The Other Place, Misery, and Hillary and Clinton. Metcalf received three Emmy Awards for her work on the television series “Roseanne,” and an Emmy Award for her role on “Hacks.” Other Emmy nominations were for “Third Rock from the Sun,” “Monk,” “Desperate Housewives,” “The Big Bang Theory,” “Horace and Pete,” and “Getting On.” Films include Lady Bird (National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress, Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress), Somewhere in Queens, Desperately Seeking Susan, Leaving Las Vegas, Uncle Buck, JFK, Internal Affairs, and the Toy Story series.
Christopher Abbott (Biff) will soon be seen starring opposite Florence Pugh in the highly anticipated limited series adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel “East of Eden” for Netflix. He most recently appeared in Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee opposite Amanda Seyfried (which premiered at the Venice Film Festival this year and sold to Searchlight). Abbott also starred in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Oscar-nominated feature Poor Things with Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe and Mark Ruffalo, Justin Anderson’s film adaptation of Deborah Levy’s Man Booker Prize-nominated novel Swimming Hole alongside Ariane Labed, Mackenzie Davis and Nadine Labaki, and Christopher Andrews’ Bring Them Down opposite Barry Keoghan, which premiered at TIFF in 2024 and sold to MUBI. Other feature credits include Universal’s Wolf Man directed by Leigh Whannell (produced by Blumhouse and also featuring Julia Garner), Zachary Wigon’s Sanctuary opposite Margaret Qualley (premiered at Toronto International Film Festival in 2022), Jerrod Carmichael’s directorial debut On the Count of Three (premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2021), John Michael McDonagh’s The Forgiven opposite Ralph Fiennes (premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2021), Mona Fastvold’s The World To Come with Katherine Waterston and Vanessa Kirby (premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2020), Brandon Cronenberg’s thriller Possessor opposite Andrea Riseborough (premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2020), Lawrence Michael Levine’s meta-drama Black Bear with Aubrey Plaza (premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2020), Damien Chazelle’s First Man, Nicolas Pesce’s Piercing, Jamie Dagg’s Sweet Virginia, Trey Shults’ It Comes At Night, JC Chandor’s A Most Violent Year, Mona Fastvold’s The Sleepwalker and Sean Durkin’s Martha Marcy May Marlene.
In 2015, he was named by Variety as one of the “10 Actors to Watch” following his portrayal of the title role in Josh Mond’s award-winning film James White. His performance garnered Abbott Best Actor nominations from both the Independent Spirit and Gotham Awards.
In 2023, Christopher starred in the Off-Broadway revival of John Patrick Shanley’s play Danny and the Deep Blue Sea with Aubrey Plaza at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. He made his Broadway debut in John Guare’s The House of Blue Leaves. Other theatrical work includes The Rose Tattoo at The Williamstown Theatre Festival, Lucy Thurber’s Where We’re Born at The Rattlestick Theatre, Annie Baker’s John at The Signature Theatre and Sam Shepard’s Fool For Love at The Williamstown Theatre Festival.
Abbott was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the Best Actor category for his lead role in Hulu’s limited series adaptation of Joseph Heller’s classic novel “CATCH-22” directed by George Clooney.
Ben Ahlers (Happy) currently appears in the acclaimed HBO series “The Gilded Age,” and was featured in season two of “The Last of Us” on HBO. He will appear opposite John Cena in the upcoming Netflix comedy, “Little Brother.” His other screen credits include “When the Street Lights Go On,” “Instinct,” and “The Village” for NBC. His previous theater credits include Tender Napalm by Philip Ridley, Good Boys by Jane Martin, The Closet by Douglas Carter Beane, and John Wilkes Booth: One Night Only! by Matthew Weiner. Ben is a proud graduate of University of Michigan.
K. Todd Freeman(Charley). Broadway: The Minutes, Airline Highway(Tony Nomination, Drama Desk Award), Wicked, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Song of Jacob Zulu (Tony Nomination). Off-Broadway: Prince Faggot (Playwrights Horizons – Obie Award), Downstate (Playwrights Horizons – Lortel, Outer Critics Circle, Obie Awards), Fetch Clay Make Man (NYTW – Obie Award); The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures, Spunk (Public Theatre). Television: “Will Trent,” “Horrors of Dolores Roach,” “The Rehearsal,” “High Maintenance,” “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” “Blindspot,” “Law and Order: SVU,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “NYPD Blue.” Film: No One Cares, The Same Storm, Anesthesia, The Dark Knight, Cider House Rules, Gross Pointe Blank. Member of Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
Jonathan Cake (Uncle Ben). Broadway: Medea (Theatre World Award), The Philanthropist, Cymbeline. Off-Broadway: the title role in Coriolanus (Public Theater, Shakespeare in the Park), Antony in Antony and Cleopatra (Public and RSC), For Theater for a New Audience: Much Ado About Nothing (Calloway Award), Measure for Measure, Fuente Ovejuna. West End: Baby Doll (Barclays Theatre Award), The Odyssey, Coriolanus (Shakespeare’s Globe). Television includes: “And Just Like That,” “The Affair,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Emily in Paris,” “Extras,” “Five Days at Memorial,” “Stargirl,” “The Government Inspector,” “Mosley,” “Out of Ashes,” “Law and Order,” “Rebecca.” Film includes: Brideshead Revisited, First Knight, True Blue. Jonathan’s theater podcast is Stage Door Jonny.
John Drea (Howard Wagner). Broadway: Little Bear Ridge Road. Chicago: Little Bear Ridge Road (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), The Sound Inside (Goodman Theatre), Little Women (Northlight Theatre), The Da Vinci Code (Drury Lane Theatre), A Lie of the Mind (Raven Theatre). Regional: American Players Theatre, Constellation Stage & Screen. Television: “Monster.” Film: Patient and On Broken Glass. He received BA degrees from Loyola University Chicago.
Katherine Romans (Miss Forsythe) is a Brooklyn-based producer and co-founder of Madhouse Films, a female-led production company championing bold, imaginative storytelling from female, queer, and BIPOC-led teams. She is currently an Executive Producer on Meredith Alloway’s feature debut, Forbidden Fruits, and Daniel Lombroso’s documentary, You’ll Be Happier. Her short film slate includes Long Pork, Blood Boys, Better You Than Me, See This, Uncle Johnny, and Copy, Save, all headed to the 2025/2026 festival circuit. A graduate of NYU Gallatin with an MFA from the American Conservatory Theater, Romans also appears in “Is This a Room,” “The Gilded Age,” and “See This.”
Mary Neely (Letta) is an actor, writer, and director making her Broadway debut. She co-wrote and co-stars in the feature Or Something with Kareem Rahma, which premiered at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival, was acquired by Factory25, and is now streaming on MUBI following an extended theatrical run at Quad Cinema. She can currently be seen in 20th Century Fox’s Swiped, opposite Lily James, Myha’la, and Dan Stevens, which premiered at TIFF before debuting on Hulu. Additional credits include Valley Girl, Lyle Lyle Crocodile, Happiness for Beginners, and “Law & Order: SVU.”
In 2020, her viral musical theater videos were praised by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Andrew Lloyd Webber and were named “Best Theater of 2020” by The New York Times and The Washington Post. She is an acting graduate of UCLA’s School of Theater, Film & Television.
Michael Benjamin Washington (Bernard). Broadway: Joe Mantello’s 50th Anniversary revival of The Boys in the Band (also the Netflix film); the Jerry Zaks revival of La Cage Aux Folles; Mamma Mia! (OBC) at the Winter Garden. Off-Broadway: Signature Theatre’s revival of Anna Deavere’s solo show Fire in the Mirror (Outer Critics, Drama League Awards); Stephen Sondheim’s Saturday Night at Second Stage (Nonesuch Records). Television: Mindy Kailing’s “Not Suitable for Work;” ‘James Baldwin’ in “Godfather of Harlem;” “Ratched;” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt;” “American Auto;” “30 Rock;” “Law and Order;” “Glee;” among others. He is co-book writer of Disney’s forthcoming Polly! directed by Debbie Allen.
Tasha Lawrence (The Woman). Broadway: Wilder, Wilder, Wilder; Good People; Proof (National Tour); A Doll’s House; Mother Play. Off-Broadway: The Whale (Drama Desk Nomination); The Few; A Great Wilderness; Pipeline; If I Forget; Asheville; Bhutan; Animal Kingdom; The Director. Regional: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; A Doll’s House, Part 2; Good People; The Lifespan of a Fact; Confederates; Rooted; The Roommate; Human Error; Bad Dates; Dangerous Liaisons; Betrayal. Television/Film: “Elsbeth;” “FBI: Most Wanted;” “High Maintenance;” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt;” “Law & Order (Classic, Criminal Intent, SVU);” “Third Watch;” “Deadline;” “Kevin Hill;” Boys On The Side; The Line (Actra Gemini nomination); “The Looming Tower;” Romance and Cigarettes; Pooka; Hangnail; Sanctioning Evil; Death of a Unicorn.
Jake Silbemann (Stanley) made his Broadway debut in the original production of MTC’s The Assembled Parties. Most recently, he covered Christopher Abbott in the Off-Broadway production of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, starring Aubrey Plaza. Other theatre credits include 3C, Marie Antoinette, Dracula, and Derby Day. On television, Jake is best known for his role on CBS’ “As The World Turns.” He also recurred on the second season of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” and had guest star roles on CBS’ “Bull,” “The Blacklist,” “Person of Interest,” and “The Good Wife.” On film, Jake appeared in The Report, Let Me Make You A Martyr, Twelve, and The Atlantic City Story.
Joaquin Consuelos. Originally from New York City, Joaquin Consuelos is a recent graduate of the University of Michigan’s acclaimed School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Death of a Salesman marks his Broadway debut.
Karl Green. Off-Broadway: Eve’s Song (Public Theater), Socrates, (Public Theater). Runboyrun (New York Theatre Workshop). Regional: Choir Boy (Yale Rep), The Salvagers, (Yale Rep). Training: BFA, NYU Tisch. MFA, Yale School of Drama. Death of a Salesman marks his Broadway debut.
Jake Termine. Recent credits include short films Porcelain and Oleander, slated for the 2026 festival circuit. Death of a Salesman marks his Broadway debut.
Jack Falahee starred as ‘Connor Walsh’ on the critically acclaimed Shondaland/ABC series “How to Get Away with Murder” and as ‘Frank Stringfellow’ on the Scott Free/PBS drama “Mercy Street.” He was most recently seen on stage in the Kennedy Center production of Byhalia, Mississippi. He is a graduate of NYU Tisch. Death of a Salesman marks his Broadway debut.
Aidan Cazeau. Honored to be in this production of Death of a Salesman. A graduate of The Juilliard School, Aidan received the Michel and Suria Saint-Denis Prize for Outstanding Achievement and Leadership in Drama. This is his Broadway debut. He thanks his family for their love and support.
Charlie Niccolini. Broadway debut. Other theatre credits include Richard III (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Wink and The Tempest (Northwestern Wirtz Center). Recent TV: Deli Boys (Hulu), Chicago Med (NBC). Training: BA from Northwestern University, BADA, Atlantic Acting School, Second City.
Alexis Bronkovic (u/s Letta, u/s The Woman). Broadway Debut. Select Theatre: The Big Broadcast (Barrow), The Real Whisper (ArsNova), Tiny Geniuses (HERE). Regional: Guthrie (“Billie Dawn”, Born Yesterday), Baltimore Center Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Merrimack. Television/Film: “Law & Order: SVU,” “The Girls On The Bus,” “Uncoupled,” “FBI: Most Wanted,” “The Blacklist,” “Younger,” “The Affair,” “Royal Pains,” Fugitive Color.
Erik Kilpatrick (u/s Charley). Select Theatre: The Convert (Woolly Mammoth), Radio Golf (Studio Theatre), Driving Miss Daisy, (Springfield Contemporary) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Piano Lesson, Fences, Stick Fly (The Blk Rep) The Gospel At Colonus (KC Rep). Television/Film: “Saturdays,” “Sherman’s Showcase,” “AJ &The Queen,” “The Cool Kids,” “N.Y.P.D.” “Blue,” The Color Of Friendship, “The White Shadow.”
Brendan Donaldson (u/s Uncle Ben, u/s Stanley) A founding member of The Gift Theatre (Chicago). NY Theater: The Complete and Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O’Neill (Drama Desk Nomination), Prophecy (NYTW). Film: The Amityville Horror, The Ice Harvest, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby. Television: “Law & Order: SVU,” and “Deception” (NBC).
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