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I have to admit: I was exhausted when I saw the Roundabout revival of Arthur Miller 's The Price , and was fading in and out during the first act. It's possible I missed something but I think this just isn't a great play. In the program notes, Roundabout artistic director Todd Haimes acknowledges that this is not one of Miller's oft-produced plays (like Death of a Salesman  or A View from the Bridge ). There's a reason for that. While this has the classical elements of a well-made play (fidelity of time and location), those elements don't necessarily translate into riveting drama. The action of the play revolves around two estranged brothers, Victor ( Mark Ruffalo ( Spotlight )) and Walter ( Tony Shalhoub ( Act One )), coming together to settle their father's estate. Victor's wife, Esther ( Jessica Hecht ( Stage Kiss )), has her own point of view regarding the brothers' relationship, and interloper Gregory Solomon ( Danny DeVito ) is on hand...

A life in theatre. Act One is a theatre story for theatre lovers, but like all good plays it’s about something much more universal: pursuing a dream. I haven’t read Moss Hart ’s eponymous autobiography, from which this James Lapine play is adapted (Lapine also directs the play). That is to say that I can’t speak to the play’s fidelity to the source material, but I don’t think that matters. What matters is that Hart had a dream, and with tenacity and some remarkably lucky breaks, he carved out a fulfilling and rich life for himself.  We watch as Moss (Santino Fontana) falls in love with the theatre and sets out to become a contributing member of the community. He talks his way into a producer’s assistant job and starts making connections. While working various assistant-level jobs and working in the Catskill Mountains during the summer, he continues to write, and with the help of his friends and an adventurous producer, is connected to the great George S. Kaufman (T...