Anthony LaPaglia ‘scared and excited’ to make Australian stage debut in Death of a Salesman

Golden Globe and Tony-winning actor will star as Willy Loman in a Melbourne production directed by Neil Armfield

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It has been more than a decade since the Golden Globe-winning Australian actor Anthony LaPaglia appeared on stage – and almost quarter of a century since he triumphed on Broadway, winning a Tony award as Eddie Carbone in A View From the Bridge.

Next month the Los Angeles-based Without a Trace actor will return to Australia to begin rehearsals on another Arthur Miller classic: the 20th-century masterpiece Death of a Salesman, directed by Neil Armfield.

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