Wilder, Broadway and Our Town
‘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, love and die without so much as looking up to savor what they have. That’s life.
‘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.
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.
Broadway Review: ‘Our Town’ Gets Lost Reaching for the Stars
Thornton Wilder’s parable of small town America gets a starry but unfocused Broadway revival, featuring Jim Parsons, Katie Holmes, Billy Eugene Jones, and Richard Thomas.
‘Our Town’ Review: Jim Parsons and Katie Holmes Charm in Reimagining of the Broadway Classic
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 Town.” Set in the fictional town of Grover’s Corners,
‘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’ 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: 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 Hampshire village that day, except that two local teenagers, George Gibbs and Emily Webb, fall in love completely unaware that they do so under the shadow of the granitic pillars of time.
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!
“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
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Katie Holmes and Jim Parsons lead an ‘Our Town’ aimed at swing states
Thornton Wilder’s metaphysical tragedy debuted in 1938 and always takes place in the theater where it’s being performed, ...
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Our Town review
Kenny Leon's revival of Thornton Wilder's American classic starring Jim Parsons and Katie Holmes lacks the necessary spark ...
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 ...