Publisher Description
Italian-American immigrant life in the 1950’s textures this searing drama of love and revenge. Longshoreman Eddie Carbone is devoted to his wife, Beatrice and to his niece, Catherine. When Beatrice’s impoverished Sicilian cousins enter the U.S. illegally, in hope of finding work, Eddie gives them a helping hand. But when Catherine and one of the cousins fall in love, Eddie’s affection for his niece turns into obsession. Includes an interview with acclaimed Broadway director Ethan McSweeny. Recorded before a live audience at the DoubleTree Guests Suites, Santa Monica in February 1998. Directed by Peter Levin Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Charles Cioffi as Alfieri Harry Hamlin as Marco Jamie Hanes as Rodolpho Mary McDonnell as Beatrice Peter Morse as Louis and others Ed O'Neill as Eddie Carbone Amy Pietz as Catherine Don Tieri as Mike and others Technical Director: Raymond Guarna Stage Management and Live Sound Effects: Tilo Ponder and Samanatha Bennett.
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About Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller (1915–2005)
was born in New York City, studied at the University of Michigan, and received
honorary degrees from both Oxford and Harvard. He was a multi-award-winning
author, having won the Avery Hopwood Award, the John F. Kennedy Lifetime
Achievement Award, two Emmy Awards, two New York Drama Critics Circle Awards,
three Tony Awards, and countless others.
About the Narrators
Charles Cioffi is an American movie and television actor who has appeared in a number of daytime serials.
Shannon Cochran is an actress and director, whose work includes the First National Tour of the Pulitzer Prize–winning play August: Osage County, a film opposite Kathleen Turner called The Perfect Family, and Last Days, a radio play for the BBC. She has performed and directed with LA Theatre Works, an organization producing radio plays for NPR, for fifteen years.