Our Town, Thornton Wilder’s depiction of rural New England life in the early 1900s, is among the most frequently performed plays in the U.S. Making the classic feel fresh is no easy feat. But an ...

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 ...

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.

“The Song Makes A Space” was the title and thesis of a fascinating speech once given by the late, great musical theater composer Michael Friedman (“Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson,” “The Fortress of ...

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 ...

Three shows well known to theater audiences have undergone radical Broadway makeovers this fall at the hands of directors who recognize that plays and musicals must be in dialogue with their times.

Sometimes — very rarely — a director does something so striking with a play that interpretation seems to fuse with bone structure, and it’s damnably hard to clear the board for future explorations.