Our Town has been playing Off-Broadway at the Barrow Street Theatre since February 2009, but it will get an influx of energy and passion as Helen Hunt joins the cast. She will take over the role of Stage Manager for Michael McKean from July 6, 2010 to August 1, 2010. Hunt has a history with this Thornton Wilder play, portraying Emily in the 1980s when the show was on Broadway at the Lincoln Center.
A hugely popular play by the well-known actor-director Paul Newman is Our Town. A fast moving perceptive play, first produced in 1938, which is entirely entertaining, nothing less than the tragic comedy of human existence. Our Town has become an American stage treasure and is Wilder's most renowned and frequently performed play. Set at the turn of the 20th century, the play reveals the ordinary lives of the people in the small town of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, U.S.A. With such a mind captivating story theme it always draws huge crowds, playing full house every time it plays, and thus makes tickets a scarce resource.
A richly timeless commentary, Our Town is a quintessential American play, a wonderful gift for the fans of great drama. Based on the ideological charged climate of the 1930's, the play moves at a pace where everyone can understand & get involved with. The whole play is based on understanding & appreciating our day-to-day life wherein we perform various activities that don't even seem essential. Termed as marvellous the play boasts of some very talented artists who make the play all the more attractive & value for money perspective.
Our Town is basically the study of human life, what it experiences & how it adjusts to its outside environment. It directs attention away from the negative aspects one has to face in life & instead focuses on those aspects, which make the journey of life a more enjoying experience. Written by Pulitzer award winning Thorton Wilder, the play is full of his experiences of life. Apart from the basic theme of the story, the whole stage is one life like poster depicting the various stages of life. A story told in humour, which creates a pitch between the audience and the artists so that the viewers start viewing themselves as one of the central characters & thus can also get involved in the story. 
