Donald Webber | Theatre Reviews Limited

Broadway Review: “Our Town” at the Barrymore Theatre (Closed Sunday, January 19, 2025)

December 1, 2024 | Broadway, Music > | "Our Town", Anthony Michael Lopez, as well as Ephie Aardema Sarnak, Bill Timoney, Billy Eugene Jones as “Dr. Gibbs”, Bobby Daye, Bryonha Marie, casting by Jim Carnahan, costume design Dede Ayite, Daniel Rader, Donald Webber, Doron JéPaul, Ephraim Sykes as “George Gibbs”, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Greg Wood, Hagan Oliveras, Hair, Heather Ayers, Jim Parsons as the Narrator, John McGinty, Joseph Verlezza, Jr. as “Simon Stimson”, Julie Halston as “Mrs. Soames”, Kate Wilson as the dialect coach, Katie Holmes as “Mrs. Webb”, Kenny Leon, Kevyn Morrow, lighting design by Allen Lee Hughes, Matthew Elijah Webb, Michelle Wilson as “Mrs. Gibbs”, New York Theatre Reviews, Nimene Sierra Wureh, Noah Pyzik, Ricardo Vázquez, Richard Thomas as “Mr. Webb”, Safiya Kaijya Harris, scenic design by Beowulf Boritt, Shyla Lefner, Sky Smith, sound design by Justin Ellington, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Thornton Wilder, wig & makeup design by J. Jared Janas, Willa Bost, Zoey Deutch as “Emily Webb”

“Our Town” by Thorton Wilder is recognized as a classic, and the revival now playing at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway, directed by Kenny Leon is the perfect example of why it has achieved that status. It is timeless, appealing to a multi-generational audience, and allows each theatergoer to recognize their own connection to the content. Not only will…