Wilder Moments

INTERVIEW: Every Good and Excellent Thing Lives on the Razor Edge of Danger

Dámaso Rodriguez on directing The Skin of Our Teeth at Artists Rep in Portland, OR

Thornton Wilder’s “Quiet Masterpiece” – Interview with Molly Smith

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.

Goodman Theatre Revives The Matchmaker

Goodman Theatre revives The Matchmaker, Thornton Wilder’s rarely seen 20th Century farce, through a 21st Century lens.

World Without End…?

Program notes from the Yale School of Drama's recent production of The Skin of Our Teeth

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Sights and Sounds

Wisconsin Life – The Life And Legacy Of 3-Time Pulitzer Winner, Thornton Wilder

Few people win one Pulitzer Prize. Madison-born Thornton Wilder won three, including one for the seminal play, “Our Town.” Wilder

Drama, Productions, The Long Christmas Dinner

Interview: Dan Wackerman, Artistic Director of Peccadillo, on Wilder’s One-Acts

Dan Wackerman, Artistic Director of Peccadillo Theater Company, recently directed A Wilder Christmas and sat down to discuss the experience.

Newsroom, Productions, The Matchmaker

Bette Midler to Star in Broadway’s Hello, Dolly!

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!

Newsroom

Remembering Friend and Colleague Tim Vasen

Last week, we lost a great friend and colleague in Tim Vasen who died on Monday, December 28.

Criticism, Drama, Newsroom, Productions, The Long Christmas Dinner

Review: A Wilder Christmas | The Wall Street Journal

Two rarely seen one-act plays that serve as previews of ‘Our Town’.

Criticism, Newsroom, Opera

Review: Opera News | Hindemith: The Long Christmas Dinner

ere’s a welcome release – the first English-language recording of The Long Christmas Dinner, Hindemith’s 1960 opera adaptation of Thornton

Events, Our Town, Productions

Interview: Carol Dunne, Northern Stage Artistic Director on Our Town

Q & A with Carol Dunne, Northern Stage’s Artistic Director. Ms. Dunne recently helmed Our Town, the inaugural production in the new Barrette Center for the Arts in White River Junction, VT.

Events, Productions, The Matchmaker

Interview: Dave Landis on playing Horace Vandergelder at Playhouse on the Square in Memphis, TN

An interview with Dave Landis on playing Horace Vandergelder in The Matchmaker at Playhouse on the Square in Memphis, TN

Audio, Criticism, The Long Christmas Dinner

Review: The Long Christmas Dinner CD

Janie McCauley reviews the Bridge Records CD release of the original English language version of Paul Hindemith's final opera, “The Long Christmas Dinner”," with a libretto by Thornton Wilder.