It is certainly time for a fresh look at “Our Town,” Thornton Wilder’s classic 1938 drama that clinically explores the essential human experience and
mortality through the residents of a small New England community at the turn of the century.
People also often fail to appreciate the play itself, finding it to be dated and corny instead of theatrically experimental, emotionally uncompromising, and genuinely timeless. This is, of course, the result of being initially exposed to “Our Town” in high school in the form of required reading or underwhelming amateur productions.
While the direction can often feel self-conscious, on the whole, this is an accessible, poignant, and gorgeously-designed production, running under two hours with no intermission. As the Stage Manager , Parsons shakes off the old-timer folksiness associated with the role. He is gentle, likable, and a bit excited and quirky.
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