How the now-iconic car, dirt and haze that defines this ‘Death of a Salesman’ came to be

How the now-iconic car, dirt and haze that defines this ‘Death of a Salesman’ came to be

Director Joe Mantello was keenly aware that Broadway had recently experienced a “wonderful production” (his words) of “Death of a Salesman” just four years ago. So if he was going to do it, there had to be a reason. That reason lied in the visual world of the play. As Mantello previously told Broadway News, he was interested in the abstraction at the heart of Arthur Miller’s text. But he would need a team of top-notch designers to make such a ph…