In the late 1950s, Broadway and Off Broadway theater had become a bit grim. The major hits of the era presented a rather pessimistic view of life, especially of the family: the home as prison (“A Raisin in the Sun,” “The Miracle Worker”), monster parents (“Gypsy”)
Michael V. Tueth, S.J.
Michael Tueth, S.J, professor emeritus at Fordham University, has retired and is living in St. Louis, where he is engaged in writing, conducting retreats, providing spiritual direction and other ministries.
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Family Troubles: Reviving ‘The Glass Menagerie’
Tennessee Williams’s “The Glass Menagerie” first appeared on Broadway in 1944, beginning what would be a wave of great American plays about troubled families. Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons” and “Death of a Salesman,” William Inge’s “Picnic,&