In a new interview, Jim Parsons admitted that he hadn't seen or read Our Town before he became involved with the production which is currently playing at Barrymore Theatre. Watch Parsons dis…
New Broadway revivals of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Sunset Blvd," Shakespeare's "Romeo + Juliet" and Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" test how far these works can be refashioned for modern sensibili…
Jim Parsons talks about the decision to grow out his beard, performing in two Broadway shows in a row and never having seen Our Town before being cast.
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Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse, SheffieldHolden and Ed Stambollouian's one-man drama based on a real-life murder in 80s America uses film tropes to great effect " but it plays with the facts t…
Seeing this presentation of "Ragtime" was the most satisfying theatrical experience I've had in years. I hope a way can be found to bring "Ragtime" back to Broadway"ideally with full sets. …
"Drag: The Musical" has the look and feel of a winner. Production values are first-rate. And the sweet, tender, innocent contributions of a young cast member, Yair Keydar"who sings beautifu…
The current Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder's Our Town, directed by Tony Award-winner Kenny Leon, is launching a partnership with TDF's Veterans Theatregoing Program. Learn more!
Wilder's experimental play uses no scenery except for two tables, some chairs, a piano and usually two ladders for the upstairs bedroom windows of the young people. Here, however, Leon and s…
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October 27, 2024: At the very beginning of Thornton Wilder's 1938 play, Our Town, the Stage Manager, who narrates, tells us, "The name of the town is Grover's Corn…
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October 25, 2024: The minute I walked in the door at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre to see director Kenny Leon's much-lauded revival of Thornton Wilder's beloved 1938 cla…
Thornton Wilder won a Pulitzer Prize for "Our Town" in 1938, it was one of his three Pulitzers. It went on to become a staple of American theater, but sometimes we forget its powerful gut pu…
We grow up, seek partners and then we die. That's the storyline of "Thornton Wilder's Our Town". There's very little cutesy and kitschy about the play which begins in 1901 in Grover's Corner…
BroadwayWorld was on the red carpet for the opening night of Our Town, starring Katie Holmes, Jim Parsons and more! See what the cast members had to say about the opening of the show, and le…
The show may have been overly long, but I'm very glad I caught it. Because I saw two up-and-coming "unknown" singers"Robert Levey II and Johnny Sullivan"with as much promise and potential a…
The show: "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder at Broadway's Barrymore Theatre.
What makes it special?: The production stars Jim Parsons, best known for his TV role in the popular "The Big Bang T…
By: Isa Goldberg
October 18, 2024: In Thoreau and Emerson lie the roots of theater in America. So, it is blissfully discovered in Kenny Leon's contemporary staging of Thornton Wilder's O…
By: Carol Rocamora
October 17, 2024: Kenny Leon's extraordinary Our Town is more than just a revival " it's a momentous event, one that unites us all in these contentious times.
Th…
Faster than a speeding bullet! No, we're not talking about a revival of that Superman musical. Instead, let's first talk aboutthe rapid pace that...Continue Reading
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What most surprised me about director Kenny Leon's production of "Out Town" were not his distinctive touches.  What most surprised me is how emotionally I reacted to this "Our Town" "…
WHOSE TOWN IS IT ANYWAY? Long before there was a Sheriff Taylor and a Mayberry (google it) there was a Stage Manager and a Grover's Corners. Thornton Wilder's classic paean to small-town lif…
