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Broadway Review: “Our Town” at the Barrymore Theatre (Currently On)

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…

Broadway Review: “Children of a Lesser God” at Studio 54

“For why is all around us here/As if some lesser god had made the world/But had not force to shape it as he would?” – Alfred Tennyson The current Broadway revival of the groundbreaking play “Children of a Lesser God,” the first since it opened thirty-eight years ago to win the TONY award for best play, does not seem to…