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Review: Our Town

City Theatre’s safe staging of the classic embraces nostalgia

by Bob Abelman February 27, 2019December 23, 2025

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Arts Review

This staging of the classic play reveals it is still the microcosm of American life

by Barry Pineo May 7, 2010September 30, 2025

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Arts Review

Tears await you in UT’s current staging of the Thornton Wilder classic

by Elizabeth Cobbe April 9, 2010September 30, 2025

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Zach Theatre

‘Our Town’ but your wedding

by Robert Faires March 26, 2010September 30, 2025

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Arts Review

A quick-tempoed, caricaturish style serves Thornton Wilder’s play well most of the time

by Barry Pineo November 27, 2009September 30, 2025

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Forgotten Radical

Thornton’s plays are Wilder than you might remember

by Robert Faires November 20, 2009September 30, 2025

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… And the ‘West’ is History

How Big State’s little monologue show changed Austin theatre

by Robert Faires April 7, 2006September 30, 2025

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An ‘Our Town’ for Our Town

With 100 Austin stories, Zach builds a city on a stage

by Robert Faires September 30, 2005September 30, 2025

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The Carol You Don’t Know

There’s much more to Ms. Channing than Dolly and Lorelei

by Robert Faires July 22, 2005September 30, 2025

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Our Town, Our Time

“The Laramie Project’ Presents a Community Questioning Itself in the Wake of A Violent Crime

by Robert Faires March 15, 2002September 30, 2025

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Playing the Bad Guy

A conversation on art and craft: two actors talk villainy

by Katherine Catmull August 17, 2001September 30, 2025

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