Arthur Miller (Playwright)

Personal Information
Arthur Miller was born in New York City in 1915 and studied at the University of Michigan, where two of his plays were produced in 1934. When he graduated in 1938 he began working with the Federal Theatre Project and wrote radio plays for CBS and the Cavalcade of America. His first Broadway production was The Man Who Had All the Luck in 1944. His plays include All My Sons (1949), The Crucible (1953), A View from the Bridge and A Memory of Mondays (1955), After the Fall (1964), The Price (1968), The Creation of the World and Other Business (1972), The American Clock (1980), The Ride Down Mt. Morgan (1991), The Last Yankee (1993) and Broken Glass (1994), among many others. The Signature Theatre Company dedicated its 1997-98 season to Mr. Miller, which included the premiere of his latest play, Mr. Peters' Connections. The 50th anniversary production of Death of a Salesman received the Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Revival of a Play, as did the Roundabout Theatre's production of A View from the Bridge. Mr. Miller's screenplays include The Misfits and Everybody Wins, "Playing for Time" (for television) and the recent adaptation of The Crucible (Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay). Awards: Pulitzer Prize, three Tony Awards, two Drama Critics Circle Awards, an Obie, a BBC Best Play Award, an Olivier Award for Best Play, the George Foster Peabody Award, a Gold Medal for Drama from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, the Creative Arts Award from Brandeis University, the Literary Lion Award from the New York Public Library, the John F. Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award, the Alger Meadows Award, the Pell Award for Excellence, the National Book Award Medal for Distinguished Contributions to the Arts, a 1999 Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement and a Lucille Lortel Award for Lifetime Achievement. Mr. Miller holds honorary doctorate degrees from Harvard University and Oxford University.
 
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Credits

Author
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 The Crucible Connelly Theater 11/21/2019 Playwright
2 Incident at Vichy Pershing Square Signature Center/ Irene Diamond Stage 11/15/2015 Playwright
3 The Ride Down Mt. Morgan Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater 10/27/1998 Playwright
4 Mr. Peter's Connections Peter Norton Space 04/28/1998 Playwright
5 The Pussycat and the Expert Plumber Who Was a Man Signature Theatre 03/16/1998 Playwright
6 I Can't Remember Anything/The Last Yankee Peter Norton Space 01/11/1998 Playwright
7 The American Clock Peter Norton Space 10/19/1997 Playwright
8 All My Sons Laura Pels Theatre (Former) 05/04/1997 Playwright
9 The Last Yankee New York City Center/ Stage II 01/05/1993 Playwright
10 The Crucible Union Square Theatre 03/14/1990 Playwright
11 Urban Blight New York City Center/ Stage I 05/18/1988 Book
12 Danger: Memory! Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 02/08/1987 Playwright
13 After the Fall Playhouse 91 10/04/1984 Playwright
14 Up from Paradise Jewish Repertory Theatre 10/25/1983 Book
15 Up from Paradise Jewish Repertory Theatre 10/25/1983 Lyricist
16 The Price Harold Clurman Theater 04/19/1979 Playwright
17 The Crucible Master Theatre 12/08/1977 Playwright
18 All My Sons Roundabout Stage I (23rd Street Theater) 09/27/1974 Playwright
19 A View From the Bridge Sheridan Square Playhouse 01/28/1965 Playwright
20 An Enemy of the People Actors' Playhouse 02/04/1959 Adaptation
21 The Crucible Martinique Theatre 03/11/1958 Playwright
Awards
Award Production Function
1 WON 1998 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Revival All My Sons Playwright
2 WON 1998 Lucille Lortel Award, Lifetime Achievement Award