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Photos: Stars Arrive for OUR TOWN Opening Night on Broadway

Stars came out for the opening of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, directed by Tony Award-winner Kenny Leon, on Thursday, October 10 at the Barrymore Theatre. Check out photos of Nina Dobrev, Shaun White, Kaitlyn Dever, Michael Kors, Raul Esparza, Cynthia Nixon and more as they arrive on the red carpet here!

Jim Parsons, Kenny Leon & More to Join OUR TOWN Event at Symphony Space

A special literary event, Ann Patchett & Our Town, featuring Jim Parsons, Kenny Leon and more from the Broadway company of Our Town, will take place at Symphony Space. The event will celebrate the synergy between New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett's novel Tom Lake and Our Town. Learn how to attend.

New Musicals GODDESS and THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS Join The Public Theater's 2025 Season

The Public Theater has announced two additional new musicals that will be part of The Public’s Spring 2025 and Fall 2025 seasons at their landmark Astor Place home on 425 Lafayette Street. The new musicals include GODDESS and THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS.

Jim Parsons, Katie Holmes and More Will Lead Kenny Leon's OUR TOWN Revival

Grover's Corners, here they come! The new Broadway production of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town directed by Tony Award-winner Kenny Leon, just announced that the play will feature 28 actors. We have all of the details!

Thornton Wilder LLC Names Jeremy McCarter as New Literary Executor

Learn about the latest appointment at THORNTON WILDER LLC as Jeremy McCarter takes on the role of the new Literary Executor.

OUR TOWN Will Return to Broadway in 2024, Directed by Kenny Leon

Tony Award-winner Kenny Leon will direct a new Broadway production of Our  Town by Thornton Wilder in the fall of 2024. This will be the first major Broadway revival of the  classic play in nearly 25 years.

Michel Hausmann and Miami New Drama to Receive Thornton Wilder Prize

The Thornton Wilder Society will present its annual THORNTON WILDER PRIZE to Michel Hausmann and the company he co-founded Miami New Drama  at a ceremony in NYC on Monday, November 14.

Thornton Wilder Library Will Be Completed With Reissue Of Two Early Novels This Week

The Thornton Wilder Library – a reprint of 10 novels and plays covering the full range of the late, celebrated author's inimitable body-of-work – will be completed this summer with the new publication by HarperCollins of Wilder's first and third novels, THE CABALA and THE WOMAN OF ANDROS in one volume.

OUR TOWN Celebrates 125 Birthday Of Thorton Wilder At Dallas Theater Center

DTC will present the production with English and Spanish spoken throughout the production. It features translated passages by Nilo Cruz and Jeff Augustin. DTC's production is the first Wilder production in the 125th year-long celebration in 2022. 

Concord Theatricals' 'Read More Plays Book Club' to Feature New Edition of OUR TOWN

Concord Theatrical has announced that the second edition of the Read More Plays Book Club will highlight Our Town by Thornton Wilder. The Zoom event is scheduled for Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 5 PM ET; those interested can RSVP here and will receive a 30% discount code to purchase the script.

Concord Theatricals Acquires Licensing Rights to Thornton Wilder's OUR TOWN (MULTILINGUAL)

Concord Theatricals has announced that it has secured exclusive licensing rights in North America to Our Town (Multilingual) by Thornton Wilder, with translations by Nilo Cruz and Jeff Augustin, for its Samuel French imprint.

American Conservatory Theater Announces Season Lineup Including the World Premiere of SOUL TRAIN and More

Today, American Conservatory Theater unveiled the diverse lineup that will make up San Francisco's premier nonprofit theater organization's new season.

Thornton Wilder's Novels Available For The First Time In Audiobook

The Wilder Family and HarperCollins Publishers are pleased to announce the digital audio release of Thornton Wilder's The Bridge of San Luis Rey, The Cabala, Heaven's My Destination, The Ides of March, and The Woman of Andros by legendary audio imprint Caedmon.  The latter four titles are available on audiobook for the first time in history.  Caedmon will publish Thornton Wilder's The Eighth Day and Theophilus North in digital audiobooks later this year.

Thornton Wilder Center For The Arts Name Announced

The Contoocook Valley Visual and Performing Arts Center has a new name. 

Fairfield Ludlowe H.S. Drama Club Presents A WILDER TIME

FAIRFIELD LUDLOWE HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA CLUB presents 2 One-Act Plays by Thornton Wilder : The Long Christmas Dinner & Pullman Car Hiawatha on Friday, November 30th at 8:00 PM and Today, December 1 at 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM. Tickets: $10.00 in the FLHS Nancy Larsen AUDITORIUM, 785 Unquowa Road, Fairfield, CT. Tickets available at the door.

Fairfield Ludlowe H.S. Drama Club Presents A WILDER TIME

FAIRFIELD LUDLOWE HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA CLUB presents 2 One-Act Plays by Thornton Wilder : The Long Christmas Dinner & Pullman Car Hiawatha today, November 30th at 8:00 PM and Saturday, December 1 at 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM. Tickets: $10.00 in the FLHS Nancy Larsen AUDITORIUM, 785 Unquowa Road, Fairfield, CT. Tickets available at the door.

Fairfield Ludlowe H.S. Drama Club Presents A WILDER TIME

FAIRFIELD LUDLOWE HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA CLUB presents 2 One-Act Plays by Thornton Wilder : The Long Christmas Dinner & Pullman Car Hiawatha on Friday, November 30th at 8:00 PM and Saturday, December 1 at 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM. Tickets: $10.00 in the FLHS Nancy Larsen AUDITORIUM, 785 Unquowa Road, Fairfield, CT. Tickets available at the door.

Fall Line-Up Announced For Public Forum And Public Shakespeare Initiative at The Public Theater

The Public Theater has announced the Public Forum and Public Shakespeare Initiative fall line-up that will explore the intersection of art, ideas, and action. Highlights of the upcoming season include the return of the monthly Civic Salon gatherings and Election Night Hootenanny, a closer look at Shakespeare's famous tyrants and the Mobile Unit's A Midsummer Night's Dream, our post-show Speaker Series following performances of Eve's Song and Wild Goose Dreams, and a collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center on the intersection of Shakespeare and the work of Duke Ellington.

San Francisco Playhouse Presents WASHED UP ON THE POTOMAC

San Francisco Playhouse (Artistic Director Bill English; Producing Director Susi Damilano) announced casting for the final show of its 2017-18 Sandbox Series-the world premiere of Washed Up on the Potomac, written by Lynn Rosen. Jose Zayas will direct.

Award Winning Majestic Rep Announces 2018-19 Season

Majestic Repertory Theatre's artistic director Troy Heard announced the company's 2018-19 season today. Featuring seven productions in the MainStage lineup and two productions in the Backstage series, the season includes the world premiere of Amber Ruffin's ("Late Night with Seth Meyers") musical Bigfoot; the regional premiere of Rachel Bykowski's high school football drama Tight End; a full-scale immersive adaptation of Shakespeare's dark comedy Measure for Measure set in 1970s Las Vegas; the Las Vegas premiere of Lucas Hnath's mind (and tongue) twisting A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about the Death of Walt Disney; intimate new stagings of the classic musical Cabaret, the adolescent angst rock musical Spring Awakening and Thornton WIlder's Our Town; the Vegas premiere of Matthew Lopez's Elvis-meets-drag queens comedy The Legend of Georgia McBride; and the world premiere of Heard's "Tales from the Crypt" tinged holiday thriller Krampus.