Our Town or Stereophonic

[cambell22]

Posted: 10/17/24 at 10:54pm

I am a huge fan of the Lincoln Center production of Our Town and have tickets to see the revival.  Now I am rethinking things.  What are your thoughts with seeing Stereophonic instead?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 10/17/24 at 10:56pm

Absolutely “Stereophonic” over this particular production of “Our Town”.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 10/17/24 at 11:08pm

Stereophonic is a remarkable play and given the challenge of mounting it with actor-musicians, you might not have a chance to see it done as well regionally.

You can see a good production of Our Town anytime.

[cambell22]

Posted: 10/17/24 at 11:16pm

Thanks, I saw your comment re Our Town and appreciate the input!

[Chuck Lawrence]

Posted: 10/18/24 at 12:01am

STEREOPHONIC

[Eddie Hirsch]

Posted: 10/18/24 at 12:32am

Stereophonic is a fine play and has excellent performances but I believe there are replacements about to join the company and so much is dependent on that ensemble.

Our Town is such a great play and this is a beautifully realized production.  Jim Parsons is giving a wonderful performance as the Stage Manager and Katie Holmes, Richard Thomas, Ephraim Sykes and Zoe Deutch are also in top-notch firm.  Having never seen it on Broadway, I was truly mesemerized and deeply moved.  I would suggest trying to see both productions.

Stereophonic by the way is 3 hours and Our Town is 100 fast-moving minutes...in case you have a time crunch situation.

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 10/18/24 at 4:56am

Stereophonic! Saw it twice, one of the best plays I have seen this year!

[Piparoo]

Posted: 10/18/24 at 8:25am

While it’s true that a good production of Our Town is likely to come to broadway more often than a revival of Stereophonic, I wonder how many of those folks here recommending Stereophonic with its current cast. I have and it isn’t great. Maybe better to see a strong cast in Our Town over a Stereophonic cast with three replacements in key roles, replacements that are still working to find their rhythm with the rest of the cast.

[gibsons2]

Posted: 10/18/24 at 8:32am

I'll be that person and would recommend Our Town over Stereophonic. I saw the latter with the original cast and even then left with the feeling that it didn't earn 3 hours of my time. Stereophonic is a very well written play but the impact of the devastating 3rd act alone makes Our Town a worthier visit. Zoey Deutch is phenomenal in this. I would have chosen Stereophonic with the absolutely perfect original cast, but not sure how the replacements are doing. My vote is for Our Town.

Updated On: 10/18/24 at 08:32 AM

[Zeppie2022]

Posted: 10/18/24 at 8:37am

I would vote for "Stereophonic", absolutely loved it when I saw it several months ago. Like others have said, I don't think that will be a show that tours but what the heck do I know.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/18/24 at 11:43am

I haven't even seen Our Town yet and I'll vote for Stereophonic.   Truly a unique and special production that isn't likely to be duplicated nearly as well anywhere else.

[yyys]

Posted: 10/18/24 at 1:49pm

Stereophonic,....but not this new cast.  

[KJisgroovy]

Posted: 10/18/24 at 1:56pm

"Stereophonic,....but not this new cast."

So... Our Town? Or are you recommending Back to the Future?