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Staging Wilder - A Live Stream Conversation April 24, 2017 at 7pm ET
Staging Wilder - A Live Stream Conversation April 24, 2017 at 7pm ET
Events, Newsroom, The Skin of Our TeethThe Wilder FamilyApril 14, 2017
THE NEW YORKER: Thornton Wilder's Optimistic Catastrophe: 'The Skin of Our Teeth'
THE NEW YORKER: Thornton Wilder's Optimistic Catastrophe: 'The Skin of Our Teeth'
Full-Length Plays, Newsroom, Productions, The Skin of Our TeethThe Wilder FamilyMarch 13, 2017
REVIEW: Village Voice - Joys Great and Small: A Spectacular 'Skin of Our Teeth'
REVIEW: Village Voice - Joys Great and Small: A Spectacular 'Skin of Our Teeth'

The Village Voice reviews Theatre for a New Audience's production of The Skin of Our Teeth.

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Criticism, Full-Length Plays, Productions, The Skin of Our TeethThe Wilder FamilyMarch 13, 2017
Why Thornton Wilder Matters in the Trump Era
Why Thornton Wilder Matters in the Trump Era

Several admirers of the play spoke recently about why “The Skin of Our Teeth” endures, what makes it problematic and why this could be a ripe time for its resurgence. Here are edited excerpts from those interviews.

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Featured, Productions, The Skin of Our TeethThe Wilder FamilyMarch 6, 2017
Happy 2017 from Wilder Central
Happy 2017 from Wilder Central
Drama, Featured, Full-Length Plays, The Skin of Our Teeth, Wilder's WordsThe Wilder FamilyFebruary 7, 2017
Fresno and Modesto to Present Our Town Opera
Fresno and Modesto to Present Our Town Opera
Events, News, Opera, Our Town, ProductionsThe Wilder FamilyJanuary 10, 2017
Performing Wilder's The Bridge of San Luis Rey at Fairfield Ludlow High School
Performing Wilder's The Bridge of San Luis Rey at Fairfield Ludlow High School
Drama, Featured, News, Our Town, Our Town Productions, ProductionsThe Wilder FamilyDecember 2, 2016
A Tribute to Edward Albee
A Tribute to Edward Albee

Tappan Wilder's tribute to Edward Albee

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NewsroomThe Wilder FamilyNovember 14, 2016
Theatre comes to The Public: Bringing Our Town(s) Together
Theatre comes to The Public: Bringing Our Town(s) Together

This past summer, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival produced Thornton Wilder’s OUR TOWN with a company of 3 professional actors and 36 citizen actors from towns dotted around the theatre’s performance-space home in Garrison, NY.

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Featured, Our Town, ProductionsThe Wilder FamilyOctober 4, 2016
INTERVIEW: Every Good and Excellent Thing Lives on the Razor Edge of Danger
INTERVIEW: Every Good and Excellent Thing Lives on the Razor Edge of Danger

Dámaso Rodriguez on directing The Skin of Our Teeth at Artists Rep in Portland, OR

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Featured, Full-Length Plays, The Skin of Our TeethThe Wilder FamilyJune 18, 2016
Thornton Wilder’s “Quiet Masterpiece” - Interview with Molly Smith
Thornton Wilder’s “Quiet Masterpiece” - Interview with Molly Smith

What makes Thornton Wilder such a hit with tweens and teens? Why did Wilder never marry? And what do Wilder and George Bernard Shaw share in common? Tappan Wilder spoke with director Molly Smith whose production of OUR TOWN, opens at The Shaw Festival this week.

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Drama, Featured, Newsroom, Our Town, ProductionsThe Wilder FamilyMay 11, 2016
Goodman Theatre Revives The Matchmaker
Goodman Theatre Revives The Matchmaker

Goodman Theatre revives The Matchmaker, Thornton Wilder’s rarely seen 20th Century farce, through a 21st Century lens.

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Drama, Events, Featured, Newsroom, Productions, The MatchmakerThe Wilder FamilyFebruary 23, 2016
Interview: Dan Wackerman, Artistic Director of Peccadillo, on Wilder's One-Acts
Interview: Dan Wackerman, Artistic Director of Peccadillo, on Wilder's One-Acts

Dan Wackerman, Artistic Director of Peccadillo Theater Company, recently directed A Wilder Christmas and sat down to discuss the experience.

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Drama, Productions, The Long Christmas DinnerThe Wilder FamilyFebruary 4, 2016
Bette Midler to Star in Broadway's Hello, Dolly!
Bette Midler to Star in Broadway's Hello, Dolly!

Stage and screen star Bette Midler has announced that she will play Dolly Gallagher Levi in a Broadway revival of the blockbuster 1964 musical, Hello, Dolly!

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Newsroom, Productions, The MatchmakerThe Wilder FamilyJanuary 21, 2016
Remembering Friend and Colleague Tim Vasen
Remembering Friend and Colleague Tim Vasen

Last week, we lost a great friend and colleague in Tim Vasen who died on Monday, December 28.

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NewsroomThe Wilder FamilyJanuary 6, 2016
Review: A Wilder Christmas | The Wall Street Journal
Review: A Wilder Christmas | The Wall Street Journal

Two rarely seen one-act plays that serve as previews of ‘Our Town’.

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Criticism, Drama, Newsroom, Productions, The Long Christmas DinnerThe Wilder FamilyDecember 18, 2015
Review: Opera News | Hindemith: The Long Christmas Dinner
Review: Opera News | Hindemith: The Long Christmas Dinner
Criticism, Newsroom, OperaRyan PointerNovember 18, 2015
Interview: Carol Dunne, Northern Stage Artistic Director on Our Town
Interview: Carol Dunne, Northern Stage Artistic Director on Our Town

Q & A with Carol Dunne, Northern Stage’s Artistic Director. Ms. Dunne recently helmed Our Town, the inaugural production in the new Barrette Center for the Arts in White River Junction, VT.

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Events, Our Town, ProductionsThe Wilder FamilyNovember 18, 2015
Interview: Dave Landis on playing Horace Vandergelder at Playhouse on the Square in Memphis, TN
Interview: Dave Landis on playing Horace Vandergelder at Playhouse on the Square in Memphis, TN

An interview with Dave Landis on playing Horace Vandergelder in The Matchmaker at Playhouse on the Square in Memphis, TN

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Events, Productions, The MatchmakerThe Wilder FamilyNovember 10, 2015
Review: The Long Christmas Dinner CD
Review: The Long Christmas Dinner CD

Janie McCauley reviews the Bridge Records CD release of the original English language version of Paul Hindemith's final opera, “The Long Christmas Dinner”," with a libretto by Thornton Wilder.

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Audio, Criticism, The Long Christmas DinnerThe Wilder FamilyNovember 9, 2015
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