John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest, Patrick Wilson, and Katie Holmes in All My Sons; photo by Joan Marcus

Unlike William Inge, Tennessee Williams, and other mid-20th century American playwrights of note, Arthur Miller gave us stage works that have very little to do with sex as their subject matter. So people who appreciate actor Patrick Wilson (Angels in America) largely for his hunkiness may have been a little disappointed to learn that Wilson was returning to Broadway in Miller’s All My Sons rather than, say, Inge’s Picnic or Williams’ Sweet Bird of Youth.

As it happens, Wilson (pictured below right courtesy of Getty Images/Andrew H. Walker) does have a shirtless scene (while clearing the remains of a downed tree) in Sons. But as Miller himself might have put it, “attention must be paid” to this production for its mostly excellent acting and skillful direction – and for the power of the play itself – rather than for the display of its handsome young star’s torso.

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