Scarlett Johansson on Broadway: 'Dream Come True'

By Nicki Gostin Posted Jan 25th 2010 10:38AM

Last night at a trendy restaurant in New York City, Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson joined hundreds of revelers including Ellen Barkin and Zachary Quinto to celebrate the opening of their play, a revival of Arthur Miller's, 'A View From the Bridge.'

Scarlett looked every inch a movie star, evoking the old time glamour of Elizabeth Taylor and Ava Gardner. She was relaxed and clearly thrilled to be there. Hubby Ryan Reynolds was not in attendance but Liev's partner, Naomi Watts posed for photos with her boyfriend.

"When I was a kid I wanted to do musical theatre, that's why I started acting because I loved Broadway musicals," Johansson told Popeater. "I never imagined that I would be debuting in an Arthur Miller play. It's been a dream come true."

She plays a working class Brooklyn doll with a pure Brooklynese accent but says adopting it was a breeze.

"I was born and raised in Manhattan so it's an accent I'm really familiar with," she told us. "My big fear was that I would forget my lines. Before we started rehearsals I was convinced that would be the one thing to be paralyzing to me but once I started working on it, the lines became second nature."

And yes hunky husband Ryan is very proud of his wife's Broadway debut but the family member who is most impressed is Scarlett's mom.

"She's over the moon," she exclaimed. "It's like now I've finally arrived."

Praise for Johansson's performance extends beyond her circle of family and friends as well. The entire cast has received glowing reviews from various media outlets, including The Washington Post and The Hollywood Reporter.

New York Times reporter Ben Brantley says of Johansson, "Film actresses as famous as Ms. Johansson tend to create their own discomfort zones onstage, defined by the mixed expectations of fans and skeptics...Ms. Johansson melts into her character so thoroughly that her nimbus of celebrity disappears. Her Catherine is a girl on the cusp of womanhood, feeling her way down familiar paths that have suddenly been shrouded in unfamiliar shadows."

Johansson's performance comes as a refreshing change of pace after a string of Hollywood A-listers, including Katie Holmes and Julia Roberts, were met with dismal reviews after trying their luck on the Great White Way.

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Monday 25 January

By Andy

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Are sure they weren't celebrating the Saints winning?

By Can'tAct

Scarlet Johanson is a TERRIBLE actor. Who would pay to see that on Broadway?

By theovercomer99

Scarlett is one hot woman that don't need to act. All she needs to do is show us that body some more, thank you very much.

By ALK

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I LIKE HER HUSBAND VERY MUCH AND I LOVE HIS MOVIES ...HE IS VERY FUNNY AND CUTE...THE PRESS IS TRYING TO MAKE OF SCARLET A DIVORCED WOMAN, SOMEONE TOLD ME ....CANNOT STAND SEEN HAPPY COUPLES

Tuesday 26 January

By Jennifer

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This link was supposed to be an article about survivor. What happened to it?

By Jalapeno

Survivor has Scarlett Johansson? WTF?

By Linda

So why is this going to make Survivor fans happy?????

By PJ

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IMPEACH OBAMA

By Vince

By SB

This woman can't act for a hill of beans, terrible!!!

By Trisha

Who is the genius who continually does not understand when a topic is not about politics.

Get a life PJ.

By bigboss

Why would someone as goeogeous as she need to act. Just stand there look beautiful and idiot americans will pay to look at you! She should be a bikini model.

Saturday 27 February

By Serge

S.J. is stolen biological material, taken against will and formed to clones line 200 pieces total. DANGEROUS, DANGEROUS, sign of dangerous criminal activity.

Tuesday 11 May

By kenneth

Like Obama for president, Scarlett Johansson is a media creation.
Nothing there but baby fat arms, and breasts.
Pitiful actress, and sorry, not attractive.

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