Our Town, Broadway and Thornton Wilder
‘Our Town’ Broadway Review: Jim Parsons Leads A Thornton Wilder Classic Unstuck In Time
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 report from Smalltown USA, its name. People there are born ...
Broadway Review: ‘Our Town’ Gets Lost Reaching for the Stars
Whatever else Thornton Wilder’s Our Town (Barrymore Theatre, booking to Jan. 19, 2025) is, it isn’t as honeyed a classic as it is sometimes imagined. Kenny Leon’s celebrity-filled Broadway revival is a brisk,
‘Our Town’ Review: Thornton Wilder, Back on Broadway
The new production of the canonical American play, directed by Kenny Leon, sees the classic through through a contemporary lens.
‘Our Town’ review: Bland Broadway revival starring Jim Parsons and Katie Holmes doesn’t hit home
Director Kenny Leon’s staging of “Our Town” is among the most uninvolving and anemic our critic has ever seen.
“Our Town” review: Jim Parsons guides us through the magical simplicity of Thorton Wilder's timeless classic
Jim Parsons gives standout performance in predictable story. Even before Parsons speaks his first bout of meta-dialogue, it’s clear that the entiret
‘Our Town’ Review: Jim Parsons and Katie Holmes Charm in Reimagining of the Broadway Classic
In Kenny Leon's adaptation of Thorton Wilder's classic play, "Our Town" Jim Parsons and Katie Holmes are fantastic as citizens of Grover's Corners.
Review: This ‘Our Town’ Broadway revival opens Thornton Wilder’s story up to everyone
One of director Kenny Leon’s distinctive gifts is his ability to take a canonical American play and make it feel like it was written about all Americans.
‘Our Town’ Broadway Review: Jim Parsons and Katie Holmes Walk Different Paths
The fifth Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder’s classic “Our Town” opened Thursday, and outside the Barrymore Theatre, the show’s producers have very wisely posted rave blurbs about the play. What makes these very upbeat words different from the usual huzzahs delivered by critics is that they come from two famous playwrights.
Review Roundup: Jim Parsons & More Star In OUR TOWN On Broadway
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 25 years. Read the reviews!
BROADWAY REVIEW: Revival of Thornton Wilder’s ‘Our Town’ is moving, emotionally stirring production
Kenny Leon’s emotionally charged revival at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre has opened with an engaging if stylistically varied cast and a swift pacing that boils a three-act play down to an
Stage, Managed: A TV-Star-Driven Our Town
And Cromer himself has spoken of the choice emerging not from a desire to “subvert Our Town ” but from a drive to rediscover ...
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Katie Holmes and Jim Parsons lead an ‘Our Town’ aimed at swing states
The fictional setting of “Our Town” is meant to represent an Anyplace, where audiences can imagine themselves lost in the ...
Review: An ‘Our Town’ for All of Us, Starring Jim Parsons
The first act of “Our Town” takes place in Grover’s Corners on May 7, 1901. Nothing much happens in the fictional New ...
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OUR TOWN: Oktoberfest is this weekend
THE MUSEUM WELCOMES GUESTS: On Saturdays, the Grand Pacific House Museum, 51085 Washington, will be open from noon to 3 p.m.
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Wigan & Leigh Hospice volunteers nominated for an Our Town award
On Thursday 3rd October, a group of long serving Wigan & Leigh Hospice volunteers attended the Our Town Awards, where they ...
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Our Town Frederiksted hosts community meeting, plans cleanup of King Street Saturday
Our Town Frederiksted announced plans for a cleanup of King Street on Saturday, after hosting a community town hall meeting ...
I've lived on 3 continents. Our town in Canada surpassed my expectations, but London let me down.
I moved from Australia to a town in the Canadian Rockies and loved it. Once I moved to London, I found myself disappointed by big-city life.