Laurie Metcalf Wins Best Featured Actress in a Play at the 2026 Tony Awards for Death of a Salesman
Laurie Metcalf has won the 2026 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance as Linda Loman in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. This is her third Tony, and seventh nomination.
The other nominees in the category were Betsy Aidem (Liberation), Marylouise Burke (The Balusters), Aya Cash (Giant), and June Squibb (Marjorie Prime).
“When I was in college, I met six fellow students in the theatre department. We worked really hard to amuse each other, and I still consider them family—and I still draw on lessons that I learned from them,” Metcalf shared accepting her third career Tony onstage at Radio City Music Hall. “And they were Gary Sinise, Moira Harris, Al Wilder, Jeff Perry, Terry Kinney, and John Malkovich.” An impressive background!
Death of a Salesman is currently up for nine Tony nominations, including Best Revival of a Play. The production officially opened April 9 at the Winter Garden Theatre after beginning previews March 6. Joe Mantello is at the helm of the production, set to continue through August 9.
The work, which explores the dark realities of the so-called “American Dream” for the middle class of the mid-century, premiered on Broadway in 1949, winning the Pulitzer and Tony and becoming a near instant stage classic. The play has since been revived on Broadway five times with various stars taking on the ill-fated Willy Loman, including George C. Scott, Dustin Hoffman, Brian Dennehy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Wendell Pierce.
This revival stars Nathan Lane as Willy Loman and Metcalf as Linda Loman, with Christopher Abbott as Biff Loman, Ben Ahlers as Happy Loman, K. Todd Freeman as Charley, Jonathan Cake as Uncle Ben, John Drea as Howard Wagner, Michael Benjamin Washington as Bernard, Tasha Lawrence as The Woman, Jake Silbermann as Stanley, Joaquin Consuelos as Young Biff, Jake Termine as Young Happy, Karl Green as Young Bernard, Katherine Romans as Miss Forsythe, and Mary Neely as Letta. Understudies Jack Falahee, Aidan Cazeau, Charlie Niccolini, Alexis Bronkovic, Erik Kilpatrick, and Brendan Donaldson round out the company. Casting is by Taylor Williams.
The staging features movement direction by Sasha Milavic Davies, music by Caroline Shaw, scenic design by Chloe Lamford, costume design by Rudy Mance, lighting design by Jack Knowles, sound design by Mikaal Sulaiman, and hair and wig design by Robert Pickens. Charles Means is the production stage manager, and Lily Dyble serves as associate director.
Scott Rudin and Barry Diller are producing, the duo’s sophomore outing after Rudin’s controversial return to the industry following allegations of abusive treatment to subordinates. Roy Furman is also producing.
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