Arthur Miller the murder, postulating that part of the reason Miller took such an active interest (including supporting Reilly's defense and using his own celebrity to bring attention to Reilly's plight) was because he had felt similarly persecuted in his run-ins with the HUAC. He sympathized with Reilly, whom he firmly believed to be innocent and to have been railroaded by the Connecticut State Police and the Attorney General who had initially prosecuted the case. In 1964 "After the Fall" was produced, and is said to be a deeply personal view of Miller's experiences during his marriage to Monroe. The play reunited
Gene Frankel for a Tony Award for best play of 1970. His other Broadway productions included "A Cry of Players" (1968), Kurt Weill's "Lost in the Stars" (1972) and Harry Chapin's "The Night That Made America Famous" (1975). His off-Broadway productions included "Brecht on Brecht", (starring Viveca Lindfors, Lotte Lenya, Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson), "I Am a Woman" (again with Lindfors), and "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" starring Cicely Tyson. He directed an Arthur Miller play when Miller was married to Marilyn Monroe. As well as directing over 200 shows and managing at least twelve theaters throughout his career, Frankel