A View From the Bridge

I saw this play several years ago in New York with Anthony LaPaglia in the lead and Allison Janney as the wife. Looking through the Web, I am surprised that this was as long ago as 1997-98, and also that Brittany Murphy played the role of the young niece. I remember the performances of LaPaglia and Janney, in particular, as powerful and intense, which only added to my disappointment at the current Broadway production starring Liev Schreiber. While his performance is merely flaccid, Scarlett Johansson is positively inert. There is nowhere to hide on the stage, and this woman simply can't act. Jessica Hecht as the wife puts on an over-the-top accent and is wooden at best. The production is a wheezing, amateurish thing.