“Live With Kelly and Mark” host Kelly Ripa was left “breathless” after watching her son Joaquin Consuelos’ make his Broadway debut in the play “Death of a Salesman.”
Ripa couldn’t contain her excitement about the performance. She shared details of the experience on the March 11 episode of the daytime talk show.
Kelly Ripa Said Joaquin’s Performance Was ‘Unbelievable’
After telling viewers on Monday, March 9, that her son, Joaquin Consuelos, preferred that she not see “Death of a Salesman” while the show was still in previews, Kelly Ripa decided to go anyway. She attended the show on March 10 and shared her experience with viewers the following day.
The former “All My Children” star was “breathless” over her son’s performance. “Death of a Salesman” is Joaquin’s Broadway debut.
Decider shared Ripa’s commentary about her experience. She said, “I didn’t ask for permission. I just went. I’m like, ‘You know what? I’m a ticket buyer too, and I’m going.’”
“It was unbelievable,” the talk show host added. “The entire production is incredible, and just to see Joaquin up there took my breath away.”
Ripa claimed she wouldn’t have believed it, “If you had told me when he was a newborn, ‘Oh, 22 years from now he’ll be starring on Broadway in ‘Death of a Salesman.’”
Kelly Ripa ‘Smiled’ Her Way Through The Show, Although Its Not a Comedy
Kelly Ripa agreed with her husband and “Live” co-host, Mark Consuelos, that although she “smiled” her way through the show, the beloved Arthur Miller play is by no means a comedy.
“It’s like you said, it’s ‘Death of a Salesman,'” Ripa revealed. “It’s right there in the title, it’s not a comedy.”
Consuelos added that although the play is serious in tone, “there are a lot of laughs.”
Ripa responded, “There are a lot of laughs. I didn’t understand it when you said it, but I smiled my way through the whole thing because just to see our kid on stage just thrilled me.”
The Hollywood Reporter revealed that the Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf play opened to sold-out shows for its first two previews. The 2026 version of the play is the seventh in a long line of revivals, per The New York Theatre Guide.
The play originally opened in 1949 at the Morosco Theatre and ran for two years. In 1975, George C. Scott played the title role of salesman Willy Loman, followed by Dustin Hoffman in 1984, Brian Dennehy in 1999, Philip Seymour Hoffman in 2012, and Wendell Pierce in 2022.
Joaquin Consuelos plays Young Biff in the current production alongside Laurie Metcalf, Nathan Lane, Christopher Abbott, and Ben Ahlers. The revival was originally scheduled to run for 14 weeks. However, performances have been extended an additional eight weeks and will run through August 9.
