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Stage to Page Celebrate Our Town With a Look Back at Past Broadway Productions The Thornton Wilder play debuted on Broadway January 22, 1938.

By Playbill Staff

January 22, 2018

Frances Conroy and Penelope Ann Miller Brigitte Lacombe

Thornton Wilder called the theatre “the greatest of all the arts,” and many have called his play Our Town one of the greatest American plays of all time.

Eighty-two years after its premiere on Broadway, the show is performed at least once every night somewhere in the United States, and throughout the world.

Look Back at Past Performances of Our Town on Broadway

Our_Town_Broadway_Production_Photo_1938_Martha Scott _HR — Look Back at Past Performances of Our Town on Broadway

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Our_Town_Broadway_Production_Photo_1938_John Craven_Martha Scott_HR — Martha Scott and John Craven in the 1938 production of *Our Town*

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Our_Town_Broadway_Production_Photo_1938_Martha Scott and ensemble _HR.jpg — Cast of the 1938 production of *Our Town*

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Our_Town_Broadway_Production_Photo_1938_Helen Carew_Doro Merande_Evelyn Varden_HR — Helen Carew, Doro Merande, and Evelyn Varden in the 1938 production of *Our Town*

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Look Back at Past Performances of Our Town on Broadway

Look Back at Past Performances of Our Town on Broadway

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