The gritty underside of the American Dream
Eddie Carbone is a simple, hard-working guy. In his crowded Brooklyn neighborhood, it’s common to harbor relatives entering America illegally. When Eddie opens his door to his wife’s Sicilian cousins, trouble slips through, too—under the radar. Eddie is confronted by feelings he fiercely denies, precipitating a shocking act of community betrayal. Libby Appel returns to direct Miller’s timely tragedy that probes the rules of love and loyalty against a backdrop of American immigration.
A View from the Bridge photo: Armando Durán plays Eddie Carbone.
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Cast List
Eddie Carbone
Beatrice
Catherine
Rodolpho
Marco
Tony, Ensemble
Louis, Ensemble
Mike, Ensemble
Alfieri
First Immigration Officer, Ensemble
* Member of Actors' Equity Association
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Play Synopsis
Eddie Carbone works hard as a longshoreman to ensure a piece of the American Dream for himself and for his family—Beatrice, his wife, and Catherine, his niece, whom he has raised as his own. They don’t have much but, like other folks in their tightly-knit Brooklyn neighborhood, they are willing to make sacrifices for friends and family entering the country illegally. This is exactly what they do when Beatrice’s cousins, Marco and Rodolpho, arrive from Italy and move into the already cramped apartment.
Although Eddie is hospitable, the tension between him and Rodolpho is palpable. Rodolpho is “different.” He sings, he sews, he can cook, he’s not one of the hardscrabble crowd down on the docks. He doesn’t fit Eddie’s idea of what a man should be. What really bothers Eddie, though, is the attraction between Rodolpho and Catherine. Her newfound sexual maturity unsettles him and her desire to be with Rodolpho challenges Eddie’s authority. Convinced that Rodolpho is “playing” Catherine and only wants to marry her so that he can become an American citizen, Eddie asks Alfieri, the neighborhood lawyer, if there is a legal way to stop him. Alfieri tells him what Beatrice has been telling Eddie all along—that there is nothing to do, to leave it alone and to wish the two young people well. But Eddie can’t leave it alone. Alfieri sees this, and it troubles him. He foresees a tragedy.
Two days before Christmas, Eddie comes home drunk and catches Catherine and Rodolpho together. In an ugly scene Eddie orders Rodolpho out of the house. Torn between the man who has raised her like a father and the man she loves, Catherine chooses Rodolpho. He and Marco arrange to rent a room upstairs; Catherine and Rodolpho set the date for their wedding. Eddie turns to Alfieri again, who warns him in the strongest possible terms that nothing can be done.
The stage is set for the tragedy that Alfieri has been afraid of all along.
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A View from the Bridge photo: Armando Durán plays Eddie Carbone.