Rehearsals are underway for the upcoming Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder's Our Town, with Tony winner Kenny Leon at the helm. Performances are set to begin September 17 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Opening night will be October 10.
The starry cast includes Jim Parsons (Mother Play) as Stage Manager, Zoey Deutch (Not Okay) as Emily Webb, Katie Holmes (The Wanderers) as Mrs. Webb, Billy Eugene Jones (Purlie Victorious) as Dr. Gibbs, Ephraim Sykes (Ain't Too Proud) as George Gibbs, Richard Thomas (To Kill a Mockingbird) as Mr. Webb, Michelle Wilson (Sweat) as Mrs. Gibbs, Julie Halston (You Can't Take It with You) as Mrs. Soames, and Donald Webber Jr. (Purlie Victorious) as Simon Stimson.
See photos from rehearsal in the gallery below.
Company of Our Town
Bryonha Marie and Richard Thomas
Safiya Kaijya Harris
Company of Our Town
Jim Parsons and Kenny Leon
Anthony Michael Lopez, Bill Timoney, Julie Halston, Greg Wood, Jim Parsons, and Zoey Deutch
Julie Halston
Willa Bost, Bill Timoney, Richard Thomas, John McGinty, Safiya Kaijya Harris. Noah Pyzik, and Jim Parsons
Jim Parsons, Billy Eugene Jones, John McGinty, and Katie Holmes
Ephraim Sykes and Jim Parsons
Ephie Aardema, Heather Ayers, Willa Bost, Bobby Daye, Safiya Kaijya Harris, Doron JéPaul, Shyla Lefner, Anthony Michael Lopez, John McGinty, Bryonha Marie, Kevyn Morrow, Hagan Oliveras, Noah Pyzik, Sky Smith, Bill Timoney, Ricardo Vázquez, Matthew Elijah Webb, Greg Wood, and Nimene Sierra Wureh round out the company. Casting is by Jim Carnahan.
Joining Leon on the creative team are scenic designer Boritt, costume designer Dede Ayite, lighting designer Allen Lee Hughes, sound designer Justin Ellington, hair, wig, and makeup designer J. Jared Janas, and dialect coach Kate Wilson.
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The 1938 play centers on life in Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, between 1901 and 1931. The work has become one of the most beloved in the repertoire, and one of the most frequently produced. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama the year it premiered and has been revived on Broadway in 1944, 1969, 1989, and 2003.
Producing the upcoming revival are Jeffrey Richards, Hunter Arnold, Patty Baker, Craig Balsam, Irene Gandy, Rebecca Gold, Louise Gund, Willette & Manny Klausner, M/B/P Productions, Daryl Roth, and Jayne Baron Sherman.
Tickets are available at the newly open Barrymore box office and online at OurTownBroadway.com.
