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This Play Is Called Our Town: 80 Years in Grover’s Corners

SDC Journal asked director Kate Powers to speak with several directors who have worked on the play,

Surviving by The Skin of Our Teeth: Closing out The Skin’s 75th Anniversary Year

We close out The Skin’s 75th Anniversary Year, pinching ourselves that we are still alive to celebrate this milestone, with a few quotes: one from the author and others from those who love the play and are brave enough to produce and write about it.

Lope, Pinedo, Some Child Actors, and a Lion

By Thornton Wilder Bad times had fallen on the theater. In November 1597 the playhouses of Madrid were closed while

Inspired by Wilder’s One-Acts: A Livestream Conversation

The Wilder Family and Samuel French present a conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Paula Vogel, director Laurie McCants and actress Linda Powell about the influence of Thornton Wilder’s one-acts on their work.

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We mourn the loss of our dear friend, J.D. McClatchy

Sandy has been a beloved member of our family since the article he published in the NY Times on the 

Criticism, Full-Length Plays, Newsroom, Productions
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Review: ‘The Bridge of San Luis Rey’ is beautifully scripted at N.J. premiere

'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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Found Footage of Thornton Wilder – Lilli Palmer interviews Thornton Wilder in 1952

This is episode number 17 of Lilli Palmer’s NBC daytime program. Her guest on this filmed program is Thornton Wilder 

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Chasing Wilder in Chicago

Thornton Wilder’s Prize-Winning The Eighth Day Celebrate the fiftieth anniversary and new edition of Wilder’s National Book Award-winning novel with 

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A Terrorized British City Turns to an All-American Play for Healing

Republished from The New York Times. MANCHESTER, England — In the wake of the May terrorist attack at Manchester Arena, 

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The Victim, Not the Murderer, is Guilty by Thornton Wilder

In the decade following the Civil War, New York City was practically run by the Hawkes family. There was Samuel 

Drama, The Skin of Our Teeth
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The Skin Of Our Teeth in the Event of an Air Raid

On August 7, 1955, a special limited engagement revival of Thornton Wilder‘s THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH opened at the Anta 

Drama, Featured, Full-Length Plays, Productions, The Matchmaker, Uncategorized
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Matchmaker to Dolly: The surprising history behind a show business classic

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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The Message and Jehanne

Cast of Characters CHARLES, the goldsmith TULLIO, the apprentice LADY JEHANNE, a beauty Setting: A goldsmith’s shop in Renaissance Paris. 

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2017 Tony Award Nominations: The Great Comet and Hello, Dolly! Lead the Pack

Hello Dolly ! receives 10 Tony Award Nominations. 

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