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Once Again, Broadway’s Fifth Our Town Remains A Worthy Tale Despite Time And Place
As the newest New York production of Our Town proves — yet again over 86 years –this work is a reliable property whether it’s being done by this Broadway cast led by Jim Parsons or by your kid’s high school drama class. Its appeal t lies in a title still resonant in the public consciousness; in its accessible universal theme; in its many easy-to portray and distinct characterizations.
Miami New Drama’s Multi-Lingual Our Town Published
Samuel French, one of the major playscript publishers in the nation, is releasing a new acting edition of the Thornton Wilder classic Our Town featuring some scenes translated into Spanish and Creole pioneered by Miami New Drama’s 2017 production.
Multi-Cultural Our Town Underscores Its Universality
Amazingly, in 2017 with its video games, alt right-antifa strife and uber-sophistication, Our Town is still our town. And no more so than in Miami New Drama’s inventive and often touching production that underscores the values of community in a time when our country seems as divided as it has ever been.
Miami New Drama Experiments With A Quite Different Our Town
With genuine uncertainty of how successfully it will play, Miami New Drama artistic director Michel Hausmann keeps calling his unique undertaking “an experiment.”
He’s mounting Our Town with one little twist: In his turn-of-the-century New Hampshire village of Grovers Corners, some families speak English, some speak Spanish, some speak Creole.
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