E48 - The Greatest American Play?
Why does Thornton Wilder’s Our Town — set in an “all-white, patriarchal, Protestant, semi-rural small town in New England” — fill theaters and engage audiences around the world more than 83 years on? That is the question Howard Sherman, theater manager and writer, explored in his 2021 book Another Day’s Begun: Thornton Wilder’s Our Town in the 21st Century.
Why is Our Town being performed in November at the recently restored Colonial Theater in Laconia, New Hampshire? Bryan Halperin, the co-producer and director of the Colonial Theatre’s production of Our Town, running November 19 through 21, explains why he selected the play, his casting choices, the renovation of the Colonial, and the role the arts are playing in bringing the community of Laconia together.
In this episode of the Short Fuse Podcast, Halperin and Sherman talk about the enduring power of Our Town with host Elizabeth Howard.
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