Our Town: Kenny Leon Smartly Repopulates Thornton Wilder for 2024
9 / 10
At Kenny Leon’s very welcome Our Town, patrons are guaranteed to appreciate Thornton Wilder’s genius every, every minute.
9 / 10
At Kenny Leon’s very welcome Our Town, patrons are guaranteed to appreciate Thornton Wilder’s genius every, every minute.
7 / 10
Kenny Leon’s production of Our Town is – as might be his calling cards – straightforward and effective. The prolific director is well-suited to Thornton Wilder’s seminal 1938 play, which tracks the daily lives of a small New Hampshire town across twelve years as a petri dish of humanist beauty. Though Leon’s simple staging, which trims the three-act work into a 100-minute piece, could use a few more beats, it succeeds largely because of a terrifically calibrated lead performance.
| 1938 | Broadway |
Broadway |
| 1944 | Broadway |
Broadway |
| 1969 | Broadway |
Broadway |
| 1988 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 2002 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 2009 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway Revival Off-Broadway |
| 2017 | Regional (US) |
Benefit Reading Production Regional (US) |
| 2019 | West End |
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre London Revival West End |
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design of a Pla | Dede Ayite |
| 2025 | Drama League Awards | DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE | Ephraim Sykes |