My Shows
News on your favorite shows, specials & more!
Thornton Wilder Headshot
Get Thornton Wilder Alerts

Thornton Wilder News

Birth Place: Madison, WI, USA

Get Thornton Wilder Email Alerts

Be the first to get news, photos, videos & more.
BWW Reviews: A Production To Be Proud Of - OUR TOWN at Newbury Park High School

Edward Albee once described fellow playwright Thornton Wilder's Our Town as,'...probably the finest play ever written by an American'. It is a play full of moving, intelligent, funny, and genuine moments and the ensemble cast of Newbury Park High School's Panther Players delivers a production of professional proportions.

Bluebarn Theatre Closes Season with OUR TOWN, Now thru 6/7

The BLUEBARN Theatre concludes Season 26 with Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, Our Town. The play opens tonight, May 7th and runs through Sunday, June 7th, 2015. Our Town will be the last show performed at 614 S. 11th Street before the BLUEBARN Theatre moves to its own home at 10th & Pacific.

Pulitzer Prize Winner THE FLICK Returns Off-Broadway Tonight

Annie Baker's 2014 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, The Flick, returns to Off-Broadway this month, directed once again by Sam Gold and featuring Alex Hanna, Louisa Krause, Matthew Maher, and Aaron Clifton Moten, reprising their acclaimed performances. Previews begin tonight, May 5, with opening night set for Monday, May 18 at the Barrow Street Theatre (27 Barrow Street, corner of Seventh Avenue), and the show will play a 16-week limited engagement through Sunday, August 30.

Pulitzer Prize Winner THE FLICK Sets New Opening Night at Barrow Street Theatre

Previews begin tomorrow (Tuesday, May 5) for playwright Annie Baker's 2014 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, The Flick.  The production returns to Off-Broadway in May, directed once again by Sam Gold and featuring Alex Hanna, Louisa Krause, Matthew Maher, and Aaron Clifton Moten, reprising their acclaimed performances.  Opening night is Monday, May 18 at the Barrow Street Theatre (27 Barrow Street, corner of Seventh Avenue), and the show will play a 16-week limited engagement through Sunday, August 30.

A.R.T. Institute to Present 'MUCH ADO' & 'DESDEMONA'

The American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theater School Institute for Advanced Theater Training, presents the last two productions of its season, William Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Anya Safir, and Paula Vogel's Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief, directed by Melia Bensussen.

Los Altos Stage Company's 2015-16 Season to Feature BAT BOY, CATCH-22 & More

Los Altos Stage Company is thrilled to announce the line-up for our upcoming season at the Bus Barn Theater in Los Altos. Comprised of two musicals and three plays, our 20th Anniversary Season is overflowing with love, madness, folly and fantasy - the stuff that makes life meaningful, or meaningless, depending on your existential point of view.

Bluebarn Theatre to Close Season with OUR TOWN, 5/7-6/7

The BLUEBARN Theatre concludes Season 26 with Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, Our Town. The play opens Thursday, May 7th and runs through Sunday, June 7th, 2015. Our Town will be the last show performed at 614 S. 11th Street before the BLUEBARN Theatre moves to its own home at 10th & Pacific.

Photo Flash: First Look at DMT's SKIN OF OUR TEETH

The Douglas Morrisson Theatre is excited to announce the final show in our 2014-2015 Journeys Season: Thornton Wilder's vast absurd comedy about the human race: THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH.

Andrea McArdle Stars in Media Theatre's HELLO DOLLY, Opening Tonight

She's back where she belongs! 'Hello Dolly' starring Andrea McArdle is at The Media Theatre tonight, April 22 to May 24. Andrea McArdle returns to the award-winning professional music theatre venue after winning accolades as 'Mame' two years ago.

THE FUNFAIR to Launch HOME's New Space, May 14-June 13; Cast Announced!

Director Walter Meierjohann has announced the cast of the world premiere of The Funfair, the first HOME production in its brand new home at First Street in Manchester. An adaptation by Olivier Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens of Ödon von Horvath's classic 1932 play Kasimir and Karoline, the production features a cast of 13 actors and actor-musicians.

LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC Runs Now thru 5/10 at Rubicon Theatre

Rubicon Theatre Company has just announced the director and cast for LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC, Arlene Hutton's funny, touching portrait of two young people whose lives become entwined after a chance meeting on a train.

BWW Reviews: COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA Marked by David Cromer's Magic Touch

Huntington Theatre Company presents William Inge's sixty-five year old classic American drama, but it is nowhere near ready to be retired. Under the direction of David Cromer, it is a first rate production with incisive writing, design realism, and honest, raw performances.

LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC to Run 4/15-5/10 at Rubicon Theatre

Rubicon Theatre Company has just announced the director and cast for LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC, Arlene Hutton's funny, touching portrait of two young people whose lives become entwined after a chance meeting on a train.

BWW Previews: Sturgeon Bay's Stage Door Theatre Company Presents Exceptional Summer Season Ahead

This winter to spring, Third Avenue Playhouse (TAP) at Stage Door Theatre Company brought award-winning playwright David Mamet's Oleanna to Sturgeon Bay. A provocative, mercurial three act, no intermission play premiering in 1992, Mamet portrays two unlikely opponents in a battle over their futures--a struggling college student Carol trying to make the honor role to gain admitance into graduate school who asks for help from a professor seeking tenure after multiple years of serving the university, John.

  …        71       …    

Get Thornton Wilder Email Alerts

Be the first to get news, photos, videos & more.

Videos


TICKET CENTRAL
Hot Show
Tickets From $58
Hot Show
Tickets From $69
Hot Show
Tickets From $59
Hot Show
Tickets From $101