![]() ![]() Two younger Black actors with real heft, Khris Davis and, McKinley Belcher III, are Biff and Happy. They are, as they say nowadays, “on fire.” Andre de Shields, a Broadway legend, has joined the cast as Willy’s ghostly brother, Ben, appearing in a blazing white suit as either an angel or devil, take your pick. Suffice to say, Wendell Pierce is absolutely electric on stage, and so is Clarke. ![]() When opening night finally arrived, I had a two week flu, and missed all the standing ovations. Rudin, before he was kicked out of Broadway, was going to bring in a production starring Nathan Lane. The pandemic and Scott Rudin prevented this “Death” from arriving on Broadway until this past October. The production won a bunch of awards including an Olivier Award nomination for Pierce and win for Sharon D, Clarke as Linda Loman. Sure enough, the first mostly Black production of Arthur Miller’s towering drama opened that May at the Old Vic to rave reviews. What? That sounded like a pretty good idea at the time. He had a script in his hand, and I asked him what it was? He replied that he was going to open in “Death of a Salesman” in London’s West End. ![]() Almost four years ago I ran into the great actor Wendell Pierce sitting in the lobby of the Four Seasons hotel in Los Angeles following a Hollywood event. ![]()
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