From our London correspondent Norm Seli:

REVIEW: Death of a Salesman

Death of Salesman. Brian Dennehy... what more can you say? I had heard that he was fantastic as Willy Lohman on Broadway. I have no doubts. None. He dominates the stage with his presence...you can feel his age; his decay...you just go right downhill with him.

The jazz music setting works well, the revolving stage does everything that it's supposed to -- but in the end this is about the words and the actors -- Willy first and foremost. Clare Higgins brings a lot to the show as Willy's wife and the boys are great. But in the end, you're taken with Brian Dennehy. He works hard in this production and it is one of the best performances that I have ever seen...anywhere.

The story is a little different from Arthur Miller's original -- The Lohman's aren't Jewish -- they're just American. And Willy loses his job because he's old...which is probably more relevant today than it would have been a generation or two earlier...

In short: Breathtaking. But it doesn't exactly send you skipping out of the theatre...

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