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A work of startling originality when it debuted in 1938, Thornton
Wilder's Our Town evolved to be seen by some as a vintage slice of
early 20th Century Americana, rather than being fully appreciated
for its complex and eternal themes and its deceptively simple form.
This unique and timely book shines a light on the play's continued
impact in the 21st century and makes a case for the healing powers
of Wilder's text to a world confronting multiple crises. Through
extensive interviews with more than 100 artists about their own
experience of the play and its impact on them professionally and
personally – and including background on the play’s early years
and its pervasiveness in American culture – Another Day’s Begun
shows why this particular work remains so important, essential, and
beloved. Every production of Our Town has a story to tell beyond
Wilder’s own. One year after the tragedy of 9/11, Paul Newman, in
his final stage appearance, played the Stage Manager in Our Town on
Broadway. Director David Cromer’s 2008 Chicago interpretation
would play in five more cities, ultimately becoming New York’s
longest-running Our Town ever. In 2013, incarcerated men at Sing
Sing Correctional Facility brought Grover’s Corners inside a
maximum security prison. After the 2017 arena bombing in Manchester
UK, the Royal Exchange Theatre chose Our Town as its offering to
the stricken community. 80 years after it was written, more than
110 years after its actions take place, Our Town continues to
assert itself as an essential play about how we must embrace and
appreciate the value of life itself. Another Day's Begun explains
how this American classic has the power to inspire, heal and endure
in the modern day, onstage and beyond.
A work of startling originality when it debuted in 1938, Thornton
Wilder's Our Town evolved to be seen by some as a vintage slice of
early 20th Century Americana, rather than being fully appreciated
for its complex and eternal themes and its deceptively simple form.
This unique and timely book shines a light on the play's continued
impact in the 21st century and makes a case for the healing powers
of Wilder's text to a world confronting multiple crises. Through
extensive interviews with more than 100 artists about their own
experience of the play and its impact on them professionally and
personally – and including background on the play’s early years
and its pervasiveness in American culture – Another Day’s Begun
shows why this particular work remains so important, essential, and
beloved. Every production of Our Town has a story to tell beyond
Wilder’s own. One year after the tragedy of 9/11, Paul Newman, in
his final stage appearance, played the Stage Manager in Our Town on
Broadway. Director David Cromer’s 2008 Chicago interpretation
would play in five more cities, ultimately becoming New York’s
longest-running Our Town ever. In 2013, incarcerated men at Sing
Sing Correctional Facility brought Grover’s Corners inside a
maximum security prison. After the 2017 arena bombing in Manchester
UK, the Royal Exchange Theatre chose Our Town as its offering to
the stricken community. 80 years after it was written, more than
110 years after its actions take place, Our Town continues to
assert itself as an essential play about how we must embrace and
appreciate the value of life itself. Another Day's Begun explains
how this American classic has the power to inspire, heal and endure
in the modern day, onstage and beyond.
Since 1995 The 24 Hour Plays have been responding to theatre in the
moment. As the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic brought an end to live
theatre in the USA and Europe, the company sprang to work to keep
the arts alive. Bringing together some of America's most prolific
writers for the stage and screen, this unique and contemporary book
of monologues collates the responses in dramatic fashion, making
for an anthology of work that is timely, moving, irreverent and at
its best, transcendent. Featuring original monologues by writers
such as David Lindsay-Abaire, Clare Barron, Hansol Jung, Stephen
Adly Guirgis, Christoper Oscar Pena, Jesse Eisenberg and Monique
Moses this is a rich collection that can be enjoyed by actors,
writers and those looking for creative responses to the global
COVID-19 crisis. With over 50 monologues from the first three weeks
of the project, edited by Howard Sherman, this is an important
collection that documents an unprecedented moment in history whilst
also offering practical resource for actors and performers.
"Benny Takes a Walk" is a microcosm of how we might deal with
adversity in life. Our choices are to grind to a standstill, or to
find a way to overcome the obstacles placed in our paths.I would
like to think that we all can overcome the roadblocks of our
highways, hopefully with grace and good humor. That is the message
of this book.
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