In an effort to remain cultured, or at least not waste the weekend, the mlw and I saw Our Town staged at the Barrow Street Theater in the West Village. We were also inspired by a story on CBS Sunday Morning . It was a great rendition of a great play. If you've never had a chance to see it on stage, take any chance you get. There's a reason it won the Pulitzer in '38. Our Town captures our innate nostalgia and invites us in with a main character, the "stage manager" on our side of the fourth wall, all without being melodramatic or gimmicky.
At one point in the production, the "stage manager" asks the audience for some questions and then immediately slips someone a slip of paper with a canned line. I was lucky enough to receive "Is there much drinking in Grover's Corners?" Apt.
This production also has a really cool twist not seen in other renditions. I'd tell you what is, but I don't want to spoil it for you. It may or may not involve nudity and a parachute.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/136450-Our-Town-Gets-Spotlight-on-C...
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6160134n&tag=mncol;lst;1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Town
