OUR TOWN 2024 Broadway Reviews — Page 3

Play Esq. said: "I’ve never seen any production of Our Town until this evening, andI never ever want to again. Is it blasphemy to say that this isn’t really a very good play?"

See this makes my SOUL HURT. I seriously, honest to God consider it the greatest play ever written. Not just American play but THE greatest play ever. So when a production like this comes along to elicit these kinds of reactions (and you’re not the first one) you know something is seriously “off” with it. 

If you ever want to see what this play truly is, the 1977 version here is (for me) the best ever.

Play Esq. said: "I’ve never seen any production of Our Town until this evening, andI never ever want to again. Is it blasphemy to say that this isn’t really a very good play?"

Not blasphemous ... just WRONG.

 

Jordan Catalano said: "Play Esq. said: "I’ve never seen any production of Our Town until this evening, andI never ever want to again. Is it blasphemy to say that this isn’t really a very good play?"

See this makes my SOUL HURT. I seriously, honest to God consider it the greatest play ever written. Not just American play but THE greatest play ever. So when a production like this comes along to elicit these kinds of reactions (and you’re not the first one) you know something is seriously “off” with it.

If you ever want to see what this play truly is, the 1977 version here is (for me) the best ever. "

There is nothing "off" with this production. The grandeur of the words, of the themes--they still come exhuberantly through ...even though there are some not great performances. Yet there are some sterling performances! It is still the greatest play ever written! It just might not be the greatest production of the greatest play. But it is far from a bad production!