At the 2007 Tony Awards, hours after its final performance played to the last of consistently empty houses, “Journey’s End” won the Tony for Best Revival, producer Bill Haber, in giving his acceptance speech, announced that, “Our dirty little secret is, in 100 years, this play has never been a financial success. We knew that going into it. But we wanted to ask, is there not a better way for human beings to resolve conflict than war?” The larger message, the dedication to the art, was more important than both profit and popularity.
