Articles Tagged With: Thornton Wilder

Hello, Dolly! at Howard County Summer Theatre

Reviews June 27, 2023 Amanda N. Gunther

They’re going to raise the roof! They’re going to carry on! Give them that old trombone! Give them the old baton! They are the parade— Howard County Summer Theatre— with their 47th annual production and this year it’s a true classic. Hello, Dolly! graces their summertime stage (this year in the auditorium at Marriotts Ridge High School) and it’s a real whizbang! It’s a wonder! It’s a sensation! And it’ll only take a moment for you to fall in love with the tremendously impressive,

Our Town at Dundalk Community Theatre

Reviews March 7, 2023 Angelica Peaco

“Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it?” That is the question that the incredibly talented cast from Dundalk Community Theatre’s Our Town poses to the audience. Written by Thornton Wilder and Directed by Jennifer L. Gusso, this production brings this classic piece to life with a clean and straightforward approach. Set in the small New Hampshire town of Grover’s Corners (Population:2,642) a character referred to only as the Stage Manager helps guide the audience through the multiple stages of small-town life at the start of the 20th century.

Our Town at Annapolis Shakespeare Company

Reviews February 1, 2017 Amanda N. Gunther

Everybody has a right to their own troubles; some people ain’t made for small town life. The quintessential all-American play about the daily doings of small town life, Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, marks the inaugural production of Annapolis Shakespeare Company’s new home at 1804 West Street. Directed by Sally Boyett, this theatrical chestnut settles into the turn of the 20th century in Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire with a whole mess of Gibbs’ and Webb’s and other small town folk whose stories are important to no one but themselves.