"Our Town" has become such a chestnut that it's easy to forget just how innovative it was when the drama premiered in 1938. Thornton Wilder's style, so thoroughly absorbed by the 20th centur…
THE UNBEARABLE CURSE OF BEING I remember reading Rebecca Mead's New Yorker review of Gypsy when Tyne Daly first starred as Mama Rose. She described the experience of not being sure beforehan…
It seems everyone has a first memory of Thornton Wilder's Our Town. Mine, in typical style is mildly embarrassing and reveals me to be the uncultured swine I so often am. It was my third yea…
Royal Exchange, Manchester Sarah Frankcom stages Thornton Wilder's 1938 drama with tenderness, bleak honesty and a community choirEdward Albee loved Thornton Wilder's 1938 paean to ordinary …
Thornton Wilder's 1938 play is a "giddily expansive" exploration of community and the passing of time.
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Jane Kaczmarek will star as the Stage Manager in an upcoming production of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town," a co-production of Pasadena Playhouse and Deaf West Theatre. The play, directed by To…
The L.A.-based theater company Deaf West will present a mounting of Thornton Wilder's Our Town at Pasadena Playhouse. Our Town will feature Emmy nominee Jane Kaczmarek in the ensemble ca…
Pasadena Playhouse announces its 201718 season, the first under new Producing Artistic Director Danny Feldman, which includes bold, new takes on beloved classics, an exciting new Olivier awa…
Temple University Department of Theater's production of the Pulitzer Prize winner Our Town would have pleased its author, Thornton Wilder. This American classic was written in the early 2…
Remember the days without cell phones and social media, without looking for love on a dating site. The days when you knew all your neighbors and no one worried about locking their doo…
Annapolis Shakespeare Company's production of Our Town, their first show at their new location on West Street, is a thoughtful, creative take on Thornton Wilder's classic American play. Dire…
The Hypocrites welcomes David Cromer back to Chicago for a dynamic reading of Our Town. Many of the original 2008 cast returns for this extremely special benefit event.