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Michael Shannon Joins Our Town Just in Time for Its Off-B'way Birthday Party

Michael Shannon Joins Our Town Just in Time for Its Off-B'way Birthday Party
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Oscar nominee Michael Shannon has played so many scary guys (Revolutionary Road, Bug, 8 Mile), it’s nice to welcome him to an all-American role—the Stage Manager—in the ultimate all-American play, Our Town. Shannon joined the hit off-Broadway revival on February 23, three days before the Thornton Wilder classic marked its first birthday at the Barrow Street Theatre ...

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Oscar Nominee Michael Shannon Headed for Our Town

Oscar Nominee Michael Shannon Headed for Our Town

Academy Award nominee and stage vet Michael Shannon will assume the role of the Stage Manager in the hit off-Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, beginning February 23. He is set to replace Stephen Kunken, who will depart on February 19. Our Town enters its second year at the Barrow Street Theatre on February 17, directed by David ...

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Jennifer Grace on Being the Toast of the Town as Emily Webb

Jennifer Grace on Being the Toast of the Town as Emily Webb

Age: “Slightly older than Emily.”

Hometown: Herington, Kansas

Currently: Entering her second year as feisty Emily Webb in the acclaimed off-Broadway revival of Our Town.

Small-Town Girl: A military kid, Grace spent her high school years in a Kansas town much like Thornton Wilder’s fictional village. “The population is almost the same as Grover’s Corners, and the town ...

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Hit Revival of Our Town Extends Off-Broadway Run

Hit Revival of Our Town Extends Off-Broadway Run

The acclaimed off-Broadway production of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town will continue its run at the Barrow Street Theatre for at least 10 more weeks. Although a closing date has never been announced, a news release from the show’s producers notes that a new block of tickets are being sold for performances through March 14. David Cromer’s staging ...

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David Cromer to Return to Our Town; Stephen Kunken to Follow

David Cromer to Return to Our Town; Stephen Kunken to Follow

Director/performer David Cromer is returning to the central role of Stage Manager in his staging of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. Cromer, who departed the production in August to helm Broadway’s ill-fated Neil Simon plays, will return to the role from December 22 through January 3, 2010. Stephen Kunken (Frost/Nixon, Rock 'n' Roll, Proof) will play Stage ...

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What's Up, Jason Butler Harner? All About Angelina, Annette & Our Town

What's Up, Jason Butler Harner? All About Angelina, Annette & Our Town

You don’t have to be a theater fan to recognize Jason Butler Harner. He turned up as a lawyer on the second episode of the new TV series The Good Wife and a villain in the pilot of Fringe, played the Secretary of the Treasury in John Adams and the murderer of Angelina Jolie’s child in Changeling. Of ...

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Jason Butler Harner to Replace David Cromer in Our Town

Jason Butler Harner to Replace David Cromer in Our Town

Jason Butler Harner will replace David Cromer in the central role of Stage Manager in Cromer’s staging of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. The Obie-winning actor will begin performances in the revival on August 25. Cromer is departing the company to begin rehearsals for the Broadway productions of Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound.

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David Cromer to Direct When the Rain Stops Falling for Lincoln Center Theater

David Cromer to Direct When the Rain Stops Falling for Lincoln Center Theater

David Cromer, the helmer behind off-Broadway’s acclaimed Our Town and Broadway’s forthcoming revivals of Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound, will bring his work to Lincoln Center Theater as well. The actor and director has been tapped to direct LCT's upcoming American premiere production of Andrew Bovell’s When the Rain Stops Falling. The ...

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Our Town's James McMenamin Gets Used to Playing the Good Guy

Our Town's James McMenamin Gets Used to Playing the Good Guy

Age: “The same age as George at the end of the play.”

Hometown: Danville, Pennsylvania

Currently: Charming audiences (and onstage neighbor Emily Webb) as George Gibbs, the pride of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, in the hit off-Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town.

Acting & Dating: Growing up in a small town in central Pennsylvania, McMenamin drifted into the ...

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Our Town Eyes Transfer to Circle in the Square

Our Town Eyes Transfer to Circle in the Square

The off-Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town may be headed for Broadway, according to The New York Times. Producers Barry Weissler and Ken Davenport are reportedly separately in talks to transfer the show from its current home at the Barrow Street Theatre to Circle in the Square after The Norman Conquests ends its limited engagement.

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