The Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" opened Oct. 10 to rave reviews. This imaginative restaging of this American classic by Tony-winning director Kenny Leon ("A Raisin in the…
Director Kenny Leon's slightly modernized revival of the American paragon finds its divine core, but lacks connection.
The Thornton Wilder classic returns to Broadway, still brutal and avant-garde after 86 years.
Thornton Wilder's Our Town is one American play that feels as though it belongs to everyone. It is regularly read and performed in high schools and mounted by amateur theatre groups across t…
Director Kenny Leon's staging of "Our Town" is among the most uninvolving and anemic our critic has ever seen.
With so much turmoil in the world, it's at least a little comforting that things haven't changed much in Grover's Corners, the place that gives Our Town, Thornton Wilder's beloved 1938 repor…
By: David Sheward October 10, 2024: Kenny Leon's starry revival of Thornton Wilder's classic 1938 portrait of everyday life, Our Town, features a diverse, multiethnic cast, but doesn't hi…
The unendurable passage of time haunts both plays. The post The Past Is Always Present: 'The Hills of California' and 'Our Town' on Broadway appeared first on Slant Magazine.
It takes a great deal of work to make the ordinary enticing, but that's precisely what director Kenny Leon does in his production of Thornton Wilder's 1938 Pulitzer Prize-winning "Our Tow…
Theatrely's Broadway review of Our Town by Thornton Wilder and directed by Kenny Leon starring Jim Parsons, Katie Holmes, and more at the Barrymore Theatre in New York City.
★★★☆☆ Jim Parsons, Richard Thomas, Zoey Deutch and more in director Kenny Leon's new production The post Our Town: Thornton Wilder's Classic in Functional (but …
★★★★☆ Parsons, Thomas, Holmes, Jones, Wilson, Deutch, Sykes head stand-out 28-member cast The post Our Town: Kenny Leon Smartly Repopulates Thornton Wilder for …
Theatre Review by Ron Fassler . . . Picture the surprise gasp from the audience as the curtain rose on Our Town at its premiere in 1938. The sight of there being no scenery must have sho…
Kenny Leon's production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town celebrates its opening night on Broadway tonight! The production marks the first major Broadway revival of the classic play in nearly…
Jim Parsons is sharing his experience with the new revival of Thornton Wilder's Our Town. Parsons plays the Stage Manager in the production, a role he says was an immediate 'yes' when it was…
Casting is one of director Kenny Leon's special powers, so when he calls Ephraim Sykes "a superstar in the American theater," it's worth paying attention. Leon first took note of Sykes' tale…
"Act I:Â No curtain. No scenery. The audience, arriving, sees an empty stage in half-light." Thornton Wilder (Photo: New York Public Library) Audiences accustomed to the realism of Cli…
A special literary event, Ann Patchett & Our Town, featuring Jim Parsons, Kenny Leon and more from the Broadway company of Our Town, will take place at Symphony Space. The event will cel…
The Thornton Wilder classic is back on Broadway, directed by Kenny Leon, and featuring a diverse cast.
The new Broadway production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town is now in previews. Check out first photos of the cast in action here!
Yesterday, students from Shepherd University's Contemporary Theatre Studies Program in West Virginia saw Thornton Wilder's Our Town on Broadway. Check out a photo here!
With only three Broadway productions selling out last week, total grosses for the 29 shows was down about 7% from the previous week, settling in at $25,296,948. Total attendance was 226,267 …