Larry Strauss and The Death of a Salesman

Friday, March 21st, 2008
by Kevin K. Shah

We recently had the great pleasure of watching Arthur Miller’s scorching play “The Death of a Salesman” , directed by Larry Strauss and starring John Perak as Willy Loman and Jeanne Sanner as Linda. The play was produced by Sheila Bialka. The performances and stage direction was terrific, and the actors didn’t pull any punches. Larry’s direction was superb, and the cast that he assembled was a knockout. During the Q&A the effect that the show had on the audience was clear. There was a member of the audience that had never seen a play before and was simply stunned. To see where these senior actors took the roles and the characters was nothing short of courageous. The show took place at Laguna Woods Village, in an 800 seat theater (that will also be private preview-screening White Knuckles in a couple months — Many thanks to Sheila for helping to organize).

Larry also described the film to the audience, and gave White Knuckles a very nice plug in the play bill. For me, it was really special to see Larry exploring his art, and furthering his talents - and putting on (as always) a good show…