Our Town?!
Our Town?!
#1Our Town?!
Posted: 3/19/10 at 3:07pm
So I need help. I've herd so much great stuff about Our Town from friends and reviews, but I'm still a bit of a skeptic. Thorton Wilder and I don't have the best relationship... meaning that I've seen productions of The Skin of Our Teeth that were raved about but once I left the theatre I just had a headache and was angry with myself for paying good money to see such a confusing production of a confusing play. So because of those productions, I have steered away from Wilder for a while because of our rocky past. I've never read Our Town because I thought it would be boring and confusing, but with all that I'm hearing about the show I am now on the verge of seeing Cromer's production tonight. I'm in town till Sunday.
Are there any other skeptics out there that saw the show expecting it to be bad and were pleasantly surprised? Please let me know because my friends are thinking about getting tickets tonight.
Going to a musical late in its run is like going to a prostitute late in her shift.
#2Our Town?!
Posted: 3/19/10 at 3:33pmI was skeptical seeing the production because I've seen no less than 7 different versions of the play in other venues. It's also one of the few Wilder plays I enjoy. But Cromer's version is so completely well put together and acted, I immensely enjoyed myself. Also, I believe Michael Shannon is still in the show as the Stage Manager- and he was FANTASTIC. When you can give a hundred year old show a 'twist' that makes a New York audience gasp, I think the show's done its job.
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
#2Our Town?!
Posted: 3/19/10 at 4:35pmthanks so much
Going to a musical late in its run is like going to a prostitute late in her shift.
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#3Our Town?!
Posted: 3/20/10 at 2:28amDEFINITELY see this production. It's an absolute must-see. I really want to go back to see it with Shannon. Even if you've seen the play a thousand times, see it. This is a totally fresh, completely ingenious take on it.
daredevil
Featured Actor Joined: 8/17/05
#4Our Town?!
Posted: 3/20/10 at 11:01amI would agree with the above posters. I had seen many productions of the play, and really thought I had finished with it, knew everything I needed to know about it etc. but found myself totally involved and enthralled by this production, its simplicity, and the uniformity of committment from the acting ensemble. It remains as a very beautiful memory in my mind.
TalkinLoud
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/09
#5Our Town?!
Posted: 3/20/10 at 11:24amI question if I ever will - or ever could - see a better production of Our Town, which is one of my all-time favorites. This production is magnificent.
#6Our Town?!
Posted: 3/20/10 at 11:27amAmazing production of the best written play of all time. The best version still (to me) goes to Hal Holbrook's 1977 production, which I don't think can ever be topped. It's just perfection.
#7Our Town?!
Posted: 3/20/10 at 11:45amFor someone like me who isn't in love with this production, is it worth returning for Michael Shannon?
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#8Our Town?!
Posted: 3/20/10 at 2:13pmI need to see this immediately. I've been putting it off for no reason, but when I saw Michael Shannon was joining the cast it gave me a reason to definitely go. I've just seen so many productions of this, but then I realize everyone has and they're STILL enjoying it.
