The Seat of Our Pants
Closing: December 07, 2025The Seat of Our Pants - 2025 Off-Broadway History , Info & More
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The Public’s Emerging Writers Group alumnus and Obie Award-winning playwright, songwriter, and singer Ethan Lipton brings his irreverently funny show THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS to The Public for its world premiere. A rollicking adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth, this new musical about age-old problems tells the twisting, often absurd story of the Antrobus family who have been alive for 5,000 years but live in the same existential dread as the rest of us. Mired in the hot mess of being alive, the Antrobuses survive all manner of catastrophe in their endless quest to begin again, and again, and again. Two-time Tony Award nominee Leigh Silverman directs this bracingly original spectacle—a musical reminder that surviving is what we do best.
The Seat of Our Pants - 2025 - Off-Broadway Cast
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It’s the End of the World—But at Least There’s a Fabulous Musical
10 / 10
It’s been over three years since Lincoln Center’s ambitious and winning revival of Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play of apocalypse-meets-absurdity The Skin of Our Teeth, which originally premiered on Broadway—mid-World War II—in 1942. Now the Public Theater is mounting Ethan Lipton’s knockout-excellent original musical adaptation, The Seat of Our Pants. The show, just shy of three hours long (booking to Dec. 7), is crisply directed (by Leigh Silverman), exquisitely performed by a starry, award-garlanded cast, and one of New York’s musical highlights of the year, on or off-Broadway.
The Seat of Our Pants: Too Mild Wilder
3 / 10
Last weekend I witnessed the premiere of The Seat of Our Pants at The Public Theater, and found the show to be pretty much a dud both as a musical and a production, only sporadically brightened by lively performances. This bums me out so much that it’s difficult to detail much about the misguided production that opened on Thursday, so let’s be brief before salty tears wreck my keyboard.
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Video: Micaela Diamond Performs 'Ordinary Girl' from THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS
by A.A. Cristi - November 24, 2025
by A.A. Cristi - November 24, 2025
A new video has been released featuring Micaela Diamond performing “Ordinary Girl” from The Seat of Our Pants, the world premiere musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth.
Review Roundup: THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS Opens At The Public Theater
by A.A. Cristi - November 14, 2025
by A.A. Cristi - November 14, 2025
The world premiere of the new musicalTHE SEAT OF OUR PANTS opens tonight at The Public Theater, featuring a cast led by Ruthie Ann Miles, Micaela Diamond, Amina Faye, Damon Daunno, Shuler Hensley, and Andy Grotelueschen. Read the reviews!
Photos: Inside Opening Night of THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS
by Jennifer Broski - November 14, 2025
by Jennifer Broski - November 14, 2025
The Public Theater just celebrated opening night for the world premiere of THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS, featuring a cast led by Ruthie Ann Miles, Micaela Diamond, Amina Faye, Damon Daunno, Shuler Hensley, and Andy Grotelueschen. Check out photos from the big night here.
Photos: Ruthie Ann Miles, Micaela Diamond and More Star In THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS Off-Broadway; Extension Announced
by A.A. Cristi - November 13, 2025
by A.A. Cristi - November 13, 2025
The Public Theater has released first-look production photos for the world premiere of THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS, featuring a cast led by Ruthie Ann Miles, Micaela Diamond, Amina Faye, Damon Daunno, Shuler Hensley, and Andy Grotelueschen.
PUBLIC FORUM Returns to The Public; A Behind-the-Scenes Event with Ethan Lipton
by Gillian Blum - November 8, 2025
by Gillian Blum - November 8, 2025
Public Forum returns to The Public this season with Public Forum: Notes, where Attendees can go behind the curtain with acclaimed artist Ethan Lipton at this free event as he shares the creative journey of crafting songs for The Seat of Our Pants.
Video: Watch 'Ruin Everything' in Rehearsals for THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS
by Nicole Rosky - October 22, 2025
by Nicole Rosky - October 22, 2025
The world might be ending in Ethan Lipton’s The Seat of Our Pants, but in rehearsal Ruthie Ann Miles, Micaela Diamond, and Amina Faye are singing through it anyway. Because what else can you do? Watch the song in rehearsals in this video.
Photos: Micaela Diamond, Ruthie Ann Miles and More in Rehearsals for THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 16, 2025
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 16, 2025
The Public Theater will begin previews for the world premiere of THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS, the irreverently funny musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth. See rehearsal photos here!
Photos: Micaela Diamond, Ruthie Ann Miles and More in THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS Rehearsals
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 6, 2025
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 6, 2025
You can now get a first look inside rehearsals for THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS, the world premiere musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth.
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