Biro

Chris Bennion

A life behind bars: Mwine steps out of Biro's darkness.

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• Syrie Wellcome Maugham
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David S. Klein takes the lead, and the good news is his performance is wonderful. Full of bluster and puck one moment and the next almost crushed under some unfathomable weight, Klein allows the audience to feel the inarticulate anxiety that compels Loman's every move; he fills his role with a deep, abiding vulnerability. Also good are Garlyn Punao as Biff and Sherry Narens as Linda Loman, family members writhing in helplessness, and Troy Fischnaller, who's almost perfect as the ingratiating and eager-to-please Happy, the offspring who threatens in the end to walk more than a mile in his father's shoes. Physically an unlikely looking clan, these four forge a symbiotic bond through their forceful, tender performances.

With the recent death of Arthur Miller, the show has been touched by a sad, timely relevance. Perhaps his passing, which occurred during rehearsals of this production, inspired Bruneau to play it straight up. Whatever—it's the right choice at the right time, a fitting tribute to a great American writer. RICHARD MORIN