Theater

Never enough Bill Camp

My lukewarm review of “Death of a Salesman” ends with praise for Bill Camp, who plays the supporting part of Charley, the neighbor whose wealth and successful son remind Willy Loman’s of his own failures and imperfect children. Camp is impeccable, which won’t surprise anybody who’s seen this fearless, stunningly versatile actor in shows such as “The Misanthrope” and “Notes from Underground,” a grueling Dostoyevsky adaptation directed by Robert Woodruff.

I mentioned that Camp actually could make an interesting Willy Loman, but that unfortunately no producer — on Broadway at least — would build a production around him, as his name doesn’t sell tickets.

The play might be too straightforward for the actor anyway: After all, news has just come down the pike that he and Woodruff are re-teaming for an adaptation of Fassbinder’s 1978 movie “In a Year With Thirteen Moons” at Yale Rep in April 2013. Camp will play Erwin, who undergoes a sex change and becomes Elvira for the love of a straight man. I don’t even want to think about whether they’re going to do the movie’s slaughterhouse scene…

Speaking of Yale Rep, their upcoming shows are mouth-watering. Immediately preceding the Camp/Woodruff show is a “Hamlet” with Paul Giamatti, and the season also includes world premieres by David Adjmi and Sarah Ruhl.