The Skin of Our Teeth 1942 - Articles Page 2.6

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Opened: November 18, 1942

The Skin of Our Teeth - 1942 - Broadway History , Info & More

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Completed by the author less than a month after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, The Skin of our Teeth (1942) broke from established theatrical conventions and walked off with the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Combining farce, burlesque, and satire, and elements of the comic strip, Thornton Wilder depicts an Everyman Family as it narrowly escapes one end-of-the-world disaster after another, from the Ice Age to flood to war.



Meet George and Maggie Antrobus of Excelsior, New Jersey, a suburban, commuter-town couple (married for 5,000 years), who bear more than a casual resemblance to that first husband and wife, Adam and Eve: the two Antrobus children, Gladys (perfect in every way, of course) and Henry (who likes to throw rocks and was formerly known as Cain); and their garrulous maid, Sabina (the eternal seductress), who takes it upon herself to break out of character and interrupt the course of the drama at every opportunity (“I don’t understand a word of this play!”)

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NEXT TO NORMAL Wins Pulitzer Prize for Drama!
by Robert Diamond - Apr 12, 2010


Just in - NEXT TO NORMAL has one the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama! As per the official Pulitzer's web site: For a distinguished play by an American author, preferably original in its source and dealing with American life, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

2010 Pulitzer Prizewinners to Be Announced Today at 3pm
by Robert Diamond - Apr 12, 2010


The 2010 Pulitzer Prizewinners and Nominated Finalists in all categories will be announced on April 12, 2010 at 3 p.m. Eastern daylight time. Finalists are not announced in advance. The 2010 Prizes are awarded for work published, produced or premiered in 2009.

A.R.T. Institute's THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH Closes 3/27
by BWW News Desk - Mar 27, 2010


The American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theater Institute for Advanced Theater Training presents The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder, directed by Scott Zigler, and performed by the Institute Class of 2010. The production is presented at Club Oberon, 2 Arrow Street, corner of MassachusettsAve., Harvard Square, Cambridge.

A.R.T. Institute Presents THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH, 3/19-3/27
by BWW News Desk - Mar 19, 2010


The American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theater Institute for Advanced Theater Training presents The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder, directed by Scott Zigler, and performed by the Institute Class of 2010. The production is presented at Club Oberon, 2 Arrow Street, corner of MassachusettsAve., Harvard Square, Cambridge.

Rubicon Theatre Presents Joanna McClelland Glass’ TRYING, 3/13-4/4
by BWW News Desk - Mar 13, 2010


Rubicon Theatre Company continues its 2009-2010 Season with the Central Coast Premiere of a timely drama about a fascinating and enigmatic figure in American history. TRYING, which opens March 13 and runs through April 4th (with low-priced previews March 11 and 12), is a poignant, poetic and powerful story about a relationship between Francis Biddle, Attorney General under Roosevelt and Chief Judge at the Nuremburg trials; and Sarah, a tenacious 25-year-old woman from the Canadian plains, one of a string of secretaries Biddle's wife has hired to help him put his affairs in order at the end of his long an illustrious career. Biddle, 81, is in poor health, proud and cantankerous as he begins to confront his own mortality. Sarah, however, is also headstrong, and from her early life on the prairie has developed a strength and wisdom beyond her years. Despite the difference in ideologies and age, the two forge a friendship. The play is autobiographical in nature and is written by Joanna McClelland Glass, who worked for Biddle in the late 60s.

A.R.T. Institute Presents THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH, 3/19-3/27
by BWW News Desk - Mar 7, 2010


The American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theater Institute for Advanced Theater Training presents The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder, directed by Scott Zigler, and performed by the Institute Class of 2010. The production is presented at Club Oberon, 2 Arrow Street, corner of MassachusettsAve., Harvard Square, Cambridge.

Rubicon Theatre Presents Joanna McClelland Glass’ TRYING, 3/13-4/4
by BWW News Desk - Mar 2, 2010


Rubicon Theatre Company continues its 2009-2010 Season with the Central Coast Premiere of a timely drama about a fascinating and enigmatic figure in American history. TRYING, which opens March 13 and runs through April 4th (with low-priced previews March 11 and 12), is a poignant, poetic and powerful story about a relationship between Francis Biddle, Attorney General under Roosevelt and Chief Judge at the Nuremburg trials; and Sarah, a tenacious 25-year-old woman from the Canadian plains, one of a string of secretaries Biddle's wife has hired to help him put his affairs in order at the end of his long an illustrious career. Biddle, 81, is in poor health, proud and cantankerous as he begins to confront his own mortality. Sarah, however, is also headstrong, and from her early life on the prairie has developed a strength and wisdom beyond her years. Despite the difference in ideologies and age, the two forge a friendship. The play is autobiographical in nature and is written by Joanna McClelland Glass, who worked for Biddle in the late 60s.

The Artistic Home Presents THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH 2/9-3/21
by BWW News Desk - Feb 9, 2010


The Artistic Home's 2009/2010 season continues with the Pulitzer prize winning comedy The Skin Of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder.

The Artistic Home Presents THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH 2/9-3/21
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 4, 2010


The Artistic Home's 2009/2010 season continues with the Pulitzer prize winning comedy The Skin Of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder.

SUCH THINGS ONLY HAPPEN IN BOOKS Plays The Clurman Theatre 10/6-11/14
by BWW News Desk - Nov 14, 2009


Five years after receiving a Drama Desk nomination for Best Revival of a Play for their production of Pullman Car Hiawatha, two short plays by Thornton Wilder, Keen Company (Artistic Director Carl Forsman, Executive Director Wayne Kelton) kicks of their tenth anniversary season with the New York professional premiere of Such Things Only Happen in Books, an evening of short plays by Thornton Wilder directed by Carl Forsman and Jonathan Silverstein.

SUCH THINGS ONLY HAPPEN IN BOOKS Plays The Clurman Theatre 10/6-11/14
by BWW News Desk - Oct 6, 2009


Five years after receiving a Drama Desk nomination for Best Revival of a Play for their production of Pullman Car Hiawatha, two short plays by Thornton Wilder, Keen Company (Artistic Director Carl Forsman, Executive Director Wayne Kelton) kicks of their tenth anniversary season with the New York professional premiere of Such Things Only Happen in Books, an evening of short plays by Thornton Wilder directed by Carl Forsman and Jonathan Silverstein.

SUCH THINGS ONLY HAPPEN IN BOOKS Plays The Clurman Theatre 10/6-11/14
by Gabrielle Sierra - Sep 11, 2009


Five years after receiving a Drama Desk nomination for Best Revival of a Play for their production of Pullman Car Hiawatha, two short plays by Thornton Wilder, Keen Company (Artistic Director Carl Forsman, Executive Director Wayne Kelton) kicks of their tenth anniversary season with the New York professional premiere of Such Things Only Happen in Books, an evening of short plays by Thornton Wilder directed by Carl Forsman and Jonathan Silverstein.

Stage West Presents Thornton Wilder's THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH 9/3
by BWW News Desk - Sep 3, 2009


A wife who looks after the home. A husband who is an inventor. Two growing children. A knowing and unreliable maid, and two pets.

Stage West Presents Thornton Wilder's THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH 9/3
by Gabrielle Sierra - Aug 25, 2009


A wife who looks after the home. A husband who is an inventor. Two growing children. A knowing and unreliable maid, and two pets.

THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH Opens At Whole Backstage Theater 5/1
by BWW News Desk - May 1, 2009


The Whole Backstage Theatre presents an American classic, Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'The Skin of Our Teeth.' Ignoring the limits of time and space, a host of characters and three acts are used to review the history of mankind.

THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH Opens At Whole Backstage Theater 5/1
by Gabrielle Sierra - Apr 1, 2009


The Whole Backstage Theatre presents an American classic, Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'The Skin of Our Teeth.' Ignoring the limits of time and space, a host of characters and three acts are used to review the history of mankind.

All About Us: Missing Its Wisdom Teeth
by Jan Nargi - Apr 24, 2007


The Joseph Stein/Kander & Ebb musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder's 'The Skin of Our Teeth' lacks the sharp bite of the ground-breaking Pulitzer Prize-winning original

Casting Announced for Intiman Theatre's Skin of Our Teeth
by BWW News Desk - Apr 16, 2007


Intiman Theatre, recipient of the 2006 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre, will continue its 35th season with Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth, directed by Artistic Director Bartlett Sher

Kander and Ebb's All About Us to Play CT in April '07
by BWW News Desk - Aug 15, 2006


The Kander and Ebb musical All About Us, based on the Thornton Wilder play The Skin of Our Teeth, will be presented at the Westport Country Playhouse in CT from April 10th through 28th, 2007.

After the Fall
by Adrienne Onofri - Nov 26, 2003


With 'Omnium Gatherum' closing this weekend, Adrienne reflects on 9/11 plays and speculates on why none has emerged as an unqualified critical and commercial success.

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The Skin of Our Teeth - 1942 Broadway Awards and Nominations

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Year Ceremony Category Nominee
1943 The Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize for Drama Thornton Wilder

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