The drama teacher at Fairport High School in Fairport, N.Y., was reluctant to produce Death of a Salesman with such young actors...until she met 16 year old student Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Opening night of his performance as Willy Loman, 500 cheering teenagers rose to their feet en masse as he stepped forward in the curtain call.
Afterward the director encountered Hoffman's mother in the hallway and asked: "Did you know?"
"No..."
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