'The Bridge of San Luis Rey,' adapted from the 1927 Thornton Wilder novel, at Two River Theater Company in New Jersey.
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Bette Midler is extending a complex theatrical legacy that stretches back more than 175 years—one in which twentieth–century American playwright Thornton Wilder is the pivotal figure.
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Hello Dolly ! receives 10 Tony Award Nominations.
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The Village Voice reviews Theatre for a New Audience's production of The Skin of Our Teeth.
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Several admirers of the play spoke recently about why “The Skin of Our Teeth” endures, what makes it problematic and why this could be a ripe time for its resurgence. Here are edited excerpts from those interviews.
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This past summer, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival produced Thornton Wilder’s OUR TOWN with a company of 3 professional actors and 36 citizen actors from towns dotted around the theatre’s performance-space home in Garrison, NY.
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What makes Thornton Wilder such a hit with tweens and teens? Why did Wilder never marry? And what do Wilder and George Bernard Shaw share in common? Tappan Wilder spoke with director Molly Smith whose production of OUR TOWN, opens at The Shaw Festival this week.
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Goodman Theatre revives The Matchmaker, Thornton Wilder’s rarely seen 20th Century farce, through a 21st Century lens.
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Dan Wackerman, Artistic Director of Peccadillo Theater Company, recently directed A Wilder Christmas and sat down to discuss the experience.
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Stage and screen star Bette Midler has announced that she will play Dolly Gallagher Levi in a Broadway revival of the blockbuster 1964 musical, Hello, Dolly!
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Two rarely seen one-act plays that serve as previews of ‘Our Town’.
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