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.
In the decade following the Civil War, New York City was practically run by the Hawkes family. There was Samuel
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.
For the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Douglas, Arizona was a place to “refresh the wells” and drive into the sunset.
As Hello, Dolly! returns to Broadway, The Wilder Family and Samuel French present a conversation on staging Thornton Wilder’s works
From the Culture Desk of The New Yorker: Almost any evening, somewhere in America, the curtain is going up on
The Village Voice reviews Theatre for a New Audience's production of The Skin of Our Teeth.
Several admirers of the play spoke recently about why “The Skin of Our Teeth” endures, what makes it problematic and why this could be a ripe time for its resurgence. Here are edited excerpts from those interviews.
“The gift to the public of laughter without malice is one of the most useful things a man can do,”
