Oberlin

Press Coverage

Playbill (national website): "Avery Brooks to Play Willy Loman in New Interpretation of Death of a Salesman" by Andrew Gans (press release; photo of Avery Brooks): August 21, 2008 and September 18, 2008 Link: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/120628.html

Broadway World (national website): "Avery Brooks To Tackle Willy Loman in Oberlin's Production of 'Salesman'" (press release; photo of Avery Brooks): August 21, 2008. Link: http://broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=31427

TheaterMania (national website) "Avery Brooks, Petronia Paley to Star in Oberlin's Death of a Salesman" by Dan Bacalzo (press release; image): August 21, 2008. Link: http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/15013

The Plain Dealer (newspaper; circ. 327,000) "'Salesman' has new dimensions" (preview; interview with Avery; image) by Julie Washington: September 17, 2008. Link: http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2008/09/avery_brooks_returns_to_oberli.html

The Plain Dealer (newspaper; circ. 327,000) "Big things come in small theaters around Northeast Ohio" (Fall Theater Preview; editor's pick listing) by Tony Brown: September 11, 2008. Link: http://blog.cleveland.com/pdextra/2008/09/big_things_come_in_small_theat.html

The Plain Dealer (newspaper; circ. 327,000) 'Two American Classics ... 'Death of a Salesman' at Oberlin" (review) by Tony Brown: September 19, 2008. Link: http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2008/09/roger_mastroianniunder_the_wat.html

Cleveland Jewish News (newspaper; circ. 15,500) "'Death of a Salesman' at Oberlin adds layer of black, Jewish history" (preview/interview) by Elizabeth Weinstein: September 11, 2008. Link: http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2008/09/11/features/arts/barts0912.txt

Chronicle & Telegram (newspaper; circ. 23.385) "Avery Brooks to perform in 'Death of a Salesman' by Cindy Leise (press release/preview): August 20, 2008. Link: http://www.chroniclet.com/2008/08/20/oberlinwellington-notebook-aug-20-2008_122/

The Morning Journal (newspaper; circ. 36,000) "Oberlin College presents Avery Brooks in a radical interpretation of Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman'" (press release/preview): August 14, 2008. Link: http://www.morningjournal.com/articles/2008/08/14/entertainment/20080814-archive.txt

Cool Cleveland (website/enewsletter) "Death of a Salesman" (preview/listing): September 17, 2008. Link: http://www.coolcleveland.com/index.php?n=Main.Changeability

Northern Ohio Live (monthly magazine; circ. 35,000) "September 18 through 21 Oberlin College's Death of a Salesman." (press release/ preview): September 2008. (No permalink online.)

Record Publishing Company (local newspapers publisher; combined circ. 125,338) "Celebrated actor will play 'Salesman' at Oberlin." (preview; interview with Avery, Justin): September 14, 2008. Link: http://www.hudsonhubtimes.com/news/article/4382912

The Oberlin Review (campus newspaper): "Death of a Salesman Provokes Questions, Provides Few Answers" (review) by Nika Knight: September 26, 2008. Link: http://www.oberlin.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/ocreview/20080926.php?a=a_Death_of&sec=arts

The Oberlin Review (campus newspaper): "A Conversation with Avery Brooks" (interview) by Sam Jewler: September 26, 2008. Link: http://www.oberlin.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/ocreview/20080926.php?a=a_A_Conversation&sec=arts

The Oberlin Review (campus newspaper) "Oberlin's Salesman Reinterprets a Classic" (interview/preview with students): September 19, 2008. Link: http://www.oberlin.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/ocreview/20080919.php?a=a_Oberlin_Salesman&sec=arts

Miller Events (website) "Death of a Salesman" (listing): September 2008. Link: www.ibiblio.org/miller/events.html

EURweb.com (African American interest website) "Stage and screen star Avery Brooks will star as Willy Loman in what is being called a 'radical new interpretation' of the classic Aurthur Miller play 'Death of a Salesman'" (press release): September 19, 2008. Link: http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur47194.cfm

TrekToday (Trek fan website) "Brooks In "Death of a Salesman" (preview): Septmber 17, 2008. Link: http://www.trektoday.com/news/170908_03.shtml

TrekNews Network (Trek fan website) "Avery Brooks auf der Buehne" (preview) - August 22, 2008 Link: www.treknews.de/treknews/newspro-treknews/

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