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Originally assembled by actress Joanne Woodward at Connecticut's Westport County Playhouse (where she served as artistic director), this highly praised 2002 revival of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1938 play Our Town enjoyed a brief Broadway stay that same year, and it was during its New York run that the production was videotaped for the Showtime cable network. The revival's principal attraction was Woodward's husband, Paul Newman, in the role of the avuncular Stage Manager, who
May 23, 2003 Wide
Jan 6, 2004
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Reminds us of what an extraordinary work Our Town is and will always be, as long as it's handled by real pros.
Made for TV production still grabs, and with Paul Newman in Stage Director role.
If you missed the sold-out Westport Country Playhouse's production of Our Town, now is your chance to see what made it so incredibly special.
Perhaps I should justify this. My apologies to those more enlightened who found something meaningful in Our Town. The performances were well executed.My impression was that of a long-winded melodrama that came off as a cross between Picnic (1950 w/ William Holden) and My Dinner With Andre -both of which I liked.
February 7, 2009
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Two! Two! Two reviews in one! Okay, so I haven't seen the Hal Holbrook production in a really long time--though I did add it to my library hold list this evening. It's not available on DVD, and Amazon wants something like $80 for a VHS copy. And I can't just borrow it from Mr. Garden anymore as we borrowed it when
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