The Kenny Leon-directed Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder's Our Town completes its limited run at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre January 19. The production began previews September 17, 2024, and opened October 10. See what critics thought here.
The revival features a starry cast, including Jim Parsons (Mother Play) as Stage Manager, Zoey Deutch (Not Okay) as Emily Webb, Katie Holmes (The Wanderers) as Mrs. Webb, Billy Eugene Jones (Purlie Victorious) as Dr. Gibbs, Ephraim Sykes (Ain't Too Proud) as George Gibbs, Richard Thomas (To Kill a Mockingbird) as Mr. Webb, Michelle Wilson (Sweat) as Mrs. Gibbs, Julie Halston (You Can't Take It with You) as Mrs. Soames, and Donald Webber Jr. (Purlie Victorious) as Simon Stimson.
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The cast also includes Heather Ayers, Willa Bost, Bobby Daye, Safiya Kaijya Harris, Doron JéPaul, Shyla Lefner, Anthony Michael Lopez, Bryonha Marie, John McGinty, Kevyn Morrow, Hagan Oliveras, Noah Pyzik, Ephie Aardema Sarnak, Sky Smith, Bill Timoney, Ricardo Vázquez, and Greg Wood, along with understudies Matthew Elijah Webb and Nimene Sierra Wureh. Casting is by Jim Carnahan.
Joining Leon on the creative team are scenic designer Beowulf Boritt, costume designer Dede Ayite, lighting designer Allen Lee Hughes, sound designer Justin Ellington, hair, wig, and makeup designer J. Jared Janas, and dialect coach Kate Wilson. Kamara A. Jacobs is production stage manager.
The 1938 play centers on life in Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, between 1901 and 1931. The work has become one of the most beloved in the repertoire, and one of the most frequently produced. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama the year it premiered and has been revived on Broadway in 1944, 1969, 1989, and 2003.
Jeffrey Richards, Samsational Entertainment, and Eric Falkenstein produced the revival.
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