I’ll admit it: I wanted to see Arthur Miller’s “The Price” simply because the play stars Mark Ruffalo.

Realizing that I also would see Danny DeVito and Tony Shalhoub on Broadway was pure, sweet icing.

I knew nothing about the play before snapping up a preview ticket for the Roundabout Theatre Company’s show that opened Thursday at American Airlines Theatre. Here is how “The Price” is described by Roundabout Theatre Company:

When the Great Depression cost his family their fortune, Victor Franz gave up his dream of an education to support his father. Three decades later, Victor has returned to his childhood home to sell the remainder of his parents’ estate. His wife, his estranged brother, and the wily furniture dealer hired to appraise their possessions all arrive with their own agendas, forcing Victor to confront a question, long-stifled, about the value of his sacrifice. One of the most personal plays by the consummate voice of the American everyman, Arthur Miller’s The Price is a riveting story about the struggle to make peace with the past and create hope for the future.

Ruffalo plays Victor and Shalhoub his brother, Walter; the audience was totally engrossed when the duo finally shared their feelings and memories of what happened years ago. Jessica Hecht, whose face I recognized if not her name, plays Victor’s wife.

Turns out the show is DeVito’s first time on Broadway, and he does a fantastic job playing the furniture dealer. His character provides some much needed laughs during an otherwise intense play.

There were times during the preview I saw that some of the dialogue’s pacing and actors’ gestures seemed a bit off, which I’m guessing the star-studded cast has massaged. The show is absolutely worth the price.