Our Town reviewRaleigh Little Theatre Review Raleigh Little Theatre's production of "Our Town" features Ordinary family life in the fictional turn-of-the-century town of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, circa 1901-13, is the subject of Our Town by Thornton Wilder. But this three-act drama, whose segments are labeled "Act I: Daily Life," "Act II: Love and Marriage," and "Act III: Death and Eternity," is anything but ordinary. Indeed, its Broadway-debut production won the 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The current Raleigh Little Theatre production of this masterpiece of Modern Drama, which will complete its three week run on April 15-18 and 22-25 in RLT's Cantey V. Sutton Theatre, features passionate performances by Steven Herd and Allison Powell as plucky young George Gibbs and the lovely girl-nextdoor Emily Webb. He chases her until she catches him in a series of light-and-lively scenes, which makes all the more poignant the tragic turn that their lives take later on. To read the rest of this Classical Voice of North Carolina review, click http://cvnc.org/reviews/2010/042010/RLT.html.
Raleigh Little Theatre presents Our Town at 8 p.m. April 15-17 and 22-24 and 3 p.m. April 18 and 25 in RLT's Cantey V. Sutton Theatre, 301 Pogue St., Raleigh, North Carolina 27607. TICKETS: $18 ($15 students and seniors 62+), except all seats $10 on April 11th. BOX OFFICE: 919/821-3111 or http://www.etix.com/. SHOW: http://raleighlittletheatre.org/performances/09-10/ourtown.html. STUDY GUIDE: http://www.bard.org/education/studyguides/ourtown/index.html (Utah Shakespearean Festival). PRESENTER/VENUE: http://raleighlittletheatre.org/. PARKING/DIRECTIONS: http://raleighlittletheatre.org/about/parking.html. NOTE: All shows are wheelchair accessible, and assistive-listening devices are available for all shows. OTHER LINKS: The Play: http://www.ibdb.com/show.php?ID=6845 (Internet Broadway Database). The Playwright: http://www.tcnj.edu/~wilder/biography/frame.html (Thornton Wilder Society) and http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=8887 (Internet Broadway Database). You are here: Home > Reviews and articles about the theatre's productions > Our Town review |