They are confronted by a parade of troublesome townspeople. And, now the folksy Stage Manager (Chris Carver, straightforward and vivid) has become a stand-in for the playwright, an angry gay man, a grown-up version of confused, gay seventeen-year-old Bentley (a clear-eyed, strong Ben Elias). Whether it’s significant or not, he has switched the location of the play from turn-of-the-century New Hampshire to a fairly contemporary Connecticut. If nothing else, Krevolin proves how strong Wilder’s exemplar has been. Richard Krevolin has written and directed his own variation, Our Town…but Wilder-subtitled A Lamentation for America-turning it into a darkly giddy study of small-town bigotry and stupidity. Thornton Wilder’s Our Town has been an oft-produced staple of theater since its Pulitzer Prize-winning debut in 1938, not the least because of the (seeming) ease of its staging and its very distinct American characters. in Off-Broadway // Hong Kong Mississippi.in Musicals // New York City Center Encores!: Oliver!.in Columns // On the Town with Chip Deffaa: “As You Like It” On Stage and “Banded Together” In the Movies.in Features // Eighteen-Year-Old Actor with Autism Honored by Only Make Believe Charity.

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