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Article: Here come the 'Sons'.
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- The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
- Article date:
- February 23, 2007
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Byline: Jim Kershner
Feb. 23--Before there was "Death of a Salesman," before "The Crucible," there was "All My Sons."
This is Arthur Miller's first Broadway success and it contains many of the themes that he would explore later in his Pulitzer-winning career: moral responsibility, middle-class desperation, father-son dynamics and the American business ethic, or lack thereof.
"All My Sons," opening tonight at the Spokane Civic Theatre, is about Joe Keller, a war manufacturer (or profiteer) who sold airplane parts to the government during World War II.
When he announces his retirement, one of his sons, Chris, begins to question the basis ...