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     *Stage and screen star Avery Brooks will star as Willy Loman in what is being called a "radical new interpretation" of the classic Arthur Miller play "Death of a Salesman."

      Performances at Ohio's Oberlin College's Hall Auditorium (67 North Main St., Oberlin) are scheduled to end on Sunday (Sept. 21).

      Director Justin Emeka, professor of theatre and African-American studies at Oberlin, "intends to bring new light to Miller's powerful portrait of how the American dream turns into a nightmare for one man and his family," according to press notes.

       The production "will step beyond the margins of standard-issue color-blind casting, boldly embracing nontraditional casting that incorporates the race and ethnicity of the actor into the role he or she is playing. All members of the Loman family are African-American; the woman with whom Willy has an affair is white; and the characters of Charlie and Bernard are depicted as Jewish immigrants who fled Eastern Europe during the rise of the Third Reich."       

       Brooks is joined onstage by veteran New York actress Petronia Paley as Linda Loman, "ER" actor Mark Jablon as Charlie, Justin Emeka as Biff and Oberlin student Raphael Sacks as Howard.

       Tickets, priced $5-$12, are available by calling (440) 775-8169 or (800) 371-0178. Visit www.oberlin.edu/salesman for more information.