Our Town

Reviews

• Review by Charles Isherwood
  from The New York Times
  February 27, 2009

  ‘‘A wonderfully intimate and highly rewarding production. A surprise [director David] Cromer springs - a beautiful feat of stagecraft that transmits the essence of Wilder's philosophy with an overwhelming sensory immediacy.’’

• Review by Frank Scheck
  from New York Post
  February 9, 2009

  ‘‘It's our kind of Town! A wonderful production with revolutionary staging by David Cromer. It truly astounds!’’

• Review by Terry Teachout
  from The Wall Street Journal
  February 27, 2009

  ‘‘David Cromer's rethinking of Thornton Wilder's masterpiece is a landmark! I don't use the word 'genius' casually, but Mr. Cromer may fill the bill. I don't know a more gifted stage director! Arrestingly original!’’

• Review by Joe Dziemianowicz
  from New York Daily News
  February 27, 2009

  ‘‘Riveting, relevant, enduring and exceptional! It stirs the imagination and sensees and sends you out deeply touched.’’

• Review by David Cote
  from Time Out New York
  March 5, 2009

  ‘‘Five stars! A muscular, unfussy reckoning with a great work, totally contemporary, yet true to the original!’’