Although this is a photographed stage play this version of Our Town is yards
better than the 1940 film that starred William Holden and Martha Scott with
Frank Craven repeating his role as the Stage Manager as did Martha Scott as
Emily Webb.
The movie made some changes to the Thornton Wilder which robbed the spirit of the play. Without movie special effects and the barest of scenery Thornton Wilder's philosophy about life and death and our relative place in the universe is clear.
Grover's Corners is a small enough New Hampshire town and doesn't make much of an impression on the world. It's not all that much in the grand scheme of things in the universe.
Paul Newman as the stage manager presides over this in good fashion. This is a homecoming for him of sorts. Back in the 50s he played George Gibbs in a television version of Our Town. Now as a senior citizen he fills out the role of the Stage Manager as if he were born to play it.
The young betrotheds in this version are Ben Fox and Maggie Lacey and they are both brilliant in the parts.
This is a superb version of an American classic.
The movie made some changes to the Thornton Wilder which robbed the spirit of the play. Without movie special effects and the barest of scenery Thornton Wilder's philosophy about life and death and our relative place in the universe is clear.
Grover's Corners is a small enough New Hampshire town and doesn't make much of an impression on the world. It's not all that much in the grand scheme of things in the universe.
Paul Newman as the stage manager presides over this in good fashion. This is a homecoming for him of sorts. Back in the 50s he played George Gibbs in a television version of Our Town. Now as a senior citizen he fills out the role of the Stage Manager as if he were born to play it.
The young betrotheds in this version are Ben Fox and Maggie Lacey and they are both brilliant in the parts.
This is a superb version of an American classic.